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Bonaly Tower was built for Lord Henry Cockburn in 1811. Cockburn was an outstanding lawyer, becoming solicitor-general in 1830 and a judge of the Court of Session in 1834. He was a popular and influential figure, well connected with the great and the good of the day. He founded the Friday Club with Sir Walter Scott in 1803, and often invited friends to spend a hill day at Bonaly. Among this circle were James Naysmith, the inventor of the steam hammer, and the artists David Octavius Hill and James Ballantyne. Bonaly Tower is a private residence, now divided into flats. Edinburgh Corporation purchased 65 acres of ground here for the city’s water supply, and thus formed the basis of Bonaly Country Park.

From the upper car park (NT211675) go through the gate and take the track that climbs steeply uphill into the plantations, following the signpost that indicates Glencorse until you reach a gate. Go through this gate, which opens out onto heather moorland, and keep on this track, going through yet another gate leading into Bonaly Reservoir compound. This is a distance of about 1km.