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The British Wool Society grazed sheep on the island in the 1790s and the land was farmed for many years until the last farmer, Peter Hogg, died in 1904. [11] Throughout most of its history, Cramond Island was used for farming, especially sheep-farming, [2] and perhaps served as a fishing outpost as well.
The island was also used for a construction office and the castle buildings were re-roofed to accommodate workers. Some of the stone from the former castle was used to build the caissons of the bridge. [2] [53] Cramond Island in the Almond estuary is a tidal island that is 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in extent and is currently part of the Dalmeny ...
1748: Tells the story of John Newton's transformation from slave trader to Anglican priest; story is set in Calabar, Nigeria. Plunkett & Macleane: 1999: 1748: Loosely based on The Gentlemen Highwaymen William Plunkett and Captain James MacLaine. They were highwaymen noted for their restrained and courteous behavior towards their victims ...
John Mowbray's lands included Barnbougle Castle close to Cramond Island near Edinburgh. The surname is also written as "Moubray". French sources calls him the Sieur Bouquel and the Baron de Barnestrudgal. Mowbray claimed a right to capture Portuguese ships according to old "Letters of Marque" granted to the Barton family and Andrew Barton.
Off the coast lie the small islands of Inchmickery and Cramond Island. The land gradually rises to the south, with the Pentland Hills in the south-west, Moorfoot Hills in the centre-south and the Lammermuir Hills in the far south-east. Blackhope Scar on the border with Peeblesshire is the highest point in the county at 651 m (2,136 ft).
Eventually he was made to fight Adam Bruntfield in single combat on Cramond Island, or on the "Links of Barnbougle", on 15 March 1597. [47] The judges were the Duke of Lennox, the Laird of Buccleuch, and Sir James Sandilands. They wore lightweight clothes of satin and taffeta, one in blue, and one in red.
Coastal fortifications in Scotland played a vital role during the World Wars, protecting shipping as they mustered to convoy.New fortifications were built and old defences were also rebuilt or strengthened around the Scottish coast in case of invasion.
March – Leonard Calvert leads the first group of settlers to the new English colony of Maryland in North America 5 May – A royal proclamation confines flying of the Union Flag (the first recorded reference to it by this name) to the king's ships; English merchant vessels are to fly the flag of England.