Telfer Wall

Telfer Wall is one of the Edinburgh walls built in late 17^th century by John Taillefer, a famous mason at that time. The rubble-​built wall ran south from the Flodden Tower in the Vennel to Lauriston Place; it then turned east, running as far as Bristo Street, where it returned north to the Bristo Port in the Flodden Wall. As all of the city walls it never played the role of a defensive construction but as a means of controlling trade and taxing goods, and as a deterrent to smugglers.
Now, Telfer wall, or what has left of it is a part of Heriot School.