Tally Toor

The Tally Toor is the local name for a Martello tower in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Originally built offshore on a rocky outcrop called the Mussel Cape Rocks, the land around it was subsequently reclaimed, and the building now lies, half-buried, in an industrial area on the eastern breakwater of Leith Docks.

Tally Toor was built in 1809 during the period of the Napoleonic Wars to defend the entrance of Leith Harbour at a cost 17,000 pounds.

[2] The tower was altered in 1850 to add a trefoil gun-emplacement and reorganise the interior accommodation.

[citation needed] On 27 April 1964, it was designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland.