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Tallitorn (0) 
Stable (as in horses’) tower. Dates back to around 1380. See also Assauwe torn.
Torn Vana Vene Kiriku Juures (0)
Lit. ‘Tower near (or next to) the old Russian church’, located close to the old city walls (obv.) at or about the N end of Sulevimägi, roughly here: ///merchant.donation.revives, some 40 m SE of Oleviste church.
Lurenburgi torn (0)
Last built (1538–1554) but not last demolished (1767) Tallinn tower. Sometimes spelled Lurenbergi, Luhrenburgi or Luerborch, the first recorded name was Lurerborch and its origins are not clear. Ignoring the relatively flimsy evidence for an eponymous Mr Luer (ditto Bernd von der Borch, master of the Livonian Order, 1471–1483), the name can be broken down into two MLG words lūren and borch, the former meaning to lurk, deceive, or lie in wait secretly, and the latter, among others, castle or fortress. If so, and since lūren’s counterpart lūrære would give rise to Mod. Est. luuraja, military scout, spy, or just plain lookout, and being designed as a smaller-scale canon tower (like Paks Margareeta) outside the wall protecting Harju Gate, (see Harju värav), the original name may come from its function as roundel or redoubt-like lookout and reconnaissance tower. Maybe.
Wulfardi-tagune torn (0)
Wulfard Rosendal, ?-ca. 1411. Often inaccurately named as Fulfordi-tagune torn. Named after Wulffard Rosendal, mayor of Åbo/Turku, Finland, in 1390, and Tallinn burgher who later retired with his wife to Pirita convent. Money management was not a prime quality in this family: the loans he made from Tallinn council became a local soap, dragging on for years, and in 1430, his son (apparently), another Wulfard Rosendal, accused his brother-in-law, a certain Gerd or Gherhardus van der Beke, one-time Tafelbruder and keeper of the key to Eppingi torn, of stealing his paternal inheritance, rather late on the uptake, or perhaps a third generation of WRs? See also Grusbeke-tagune torn.
