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The island is in the estuary of the River Almond whose mouth is near the landward end of the crossing. It is a popular recreation area. Cramond Island is one of 43 tidal islands that can be walked to from the mainland of Great Britain and one of 17 that can be walked to from the Scottish mainland. [10]
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 ...
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.
Cramond is also where the House of Shaws is located in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. Cramond is also mentioned in Ian Rankin's Fleshmarket Close. Cramond features briefly in a series 2 episode of the Paul Temple (TV series) called 'Double Vision' filmed in 1970. More recently Cramond featured in Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm.
Cramond Roman Fort is a Roman-Era archaeological site at Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] The settlement may be the "Rumabo" listed in the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography . The fort was established around 140 AD and occupied until around 170 AD, with a further period of occupation from around 208 to 214 AD. [ 2 ]
The Firth of Forth Islands SPA (Special Protection Area) is home to more than 90,000 breeding seabirds every year. There is a bird observatory on the Isle of May. [ 15 ] A series of sand and gravel banks in the approaches to the firth have since 2014 been designated as a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area under the name Firth of Forth ...
Silverknowes Beach is tidal and overlooks Cramond Island, which can be accessed across the Drum Sands for four hours twice a day and via Cramond Causeway, built in 1939 by the War Department as part of World War Two Coastal Defences. To the west of Silverknowes is the Lauriston Castle and Estate. Open farmland lies between the northern fringes ...
Inchkeith (from the Scottish Gaelic: Innis Cheith) is an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area.. Inchkeith has had a colourful history as a result of its proximity to Edinburgh, its strategic location for use as a home for Inchkeith Lighthouse, and for military purposes defending the Firth of Forth from attack from shipping and more recently ...