Located in Over or Upper Liberton, it was originally owned by the Dalmahoy family, whose arms appear on a carved panel on the south wall.

Provost Little built the nearby Liberton House, and the castle was abandoned in 1610, being subsequently used for agricultural storage.

[3] Other evidence to this effect is the removal of the parapets, damage to the tower and the finding of cannonballs in nearby fields.

[3] Liberton Tower provides a good example of a typical noble residence of its period, one of the relatively few that were not substantially altered in later centuries.

[4] Featureless except for its small, asymmetrically arranged windows, it is coated in distinctive yellow harling and has been described as "grim and ponderous".