<< Text Pages >> Cramond - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in West Lothian
Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 01 September 2016 Page Views: 5430
Multi-periodSite Name: CramondCountry: Scotland County: West Lothian Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Edinburgh Nearest Village: Cramond
Map Ref: NT18957706
Latitude: 55.979652N Longitude: 3.300447W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
The small village of Cramond, on the edge of Edinburgh, is one of Scotland’s most important archaeological sites. People have lived in and around Cramond for at least ten thousand years.
In the 1990s archaeologists uncovered a prehistoric encampment at Cramond. Further investigation revealed that the camp dated from around 8,500 B.C. meaning that it provides some of the earliest evidence of human habitation in Scotland.
Cramond Roman Fort was built during the second century A.D. at around the same time as the Antonine Wall. It was part of a series of fortifications designed to enforce Roman authority across Southern Scotland, and to protect the northern frontier of the empire. Cramond was an unusually large fort and probably operated as a supply base for other Roman strongholds in the area.
In the 1970s builders working on the construction of a new car park discovered the remains of a Roman bath-house, the remains of which can be visited.
When the Roman bath-house was excavated, archaeologists made a gruesome discovery - they found a number of skeletons in the area once used as the Roman latrine. At the time it was assumed that these were probably from a medieval plague burial. However, recent research has revealed that the burials were much older, dating from the sixth century A.D.
In the late 1990s Robert Graham (who had recently started work as the Cramond ferryman) discovered a remarkable stone sculpture in the silt by the River Almond. It turned out to be a carving of a lioness devouring a naked man, and probably formed part of a Roman officer’s funerary monument. The original statue is now on display in the National Museum of Scotland.
More at Open Virtual Worlds and the Cramond Heritage Trust, who have produced some visitor leaflets.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
2.8km SSW 211° Cammo Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT1747774681)
4.1km W 281° Crossall Hill (South Queensferry)* Ancient Cross (NT14907791)
4.5km S 171° Lady Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT196726)
4.6km S 171° Physic Well (Corstorphine)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT19597252)
4.9km SW 235° Cat Stane (Kirkliston)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT1489374373)
5.2km SE 130° Succoth Place Double Cist Burial Cist (NT22897362)
5.5km N 358° Inchcolm Sculptured Stone (NT18888260)
5.7km WSW 243° Carlowrie (Kirkliston) Rock Art (NT138746)
6.1km SSW 213° Gogar Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT15487199)
6.2km ESE 116° St Bernard's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT2445174247)
6.2km ESE 118° St George's Well (Edinburgh)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT2440174070)
6.3km WNW 281° Bell Stane (Queensferry) Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT12827840)
7.0km ESE 118° St Margaret's Well (Edinburgh Castle)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT2508273613)
7.2km N 350° Barns Farm Dalgety Fife* Barrow Cemetery (NT178842)
7.3km ESE 118° Stone of Scone* Marker Stone (NT253735)
7.4km ESE 120° The Portsburgh Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NT25287327)
7.4km ESE 119° Grassmarket modern menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT25337333)
7.7km SW 234° Lochend* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT12667263)
7.7km ESE 118° National Museum of Scotland (Pictish Stones)* Museum (NT2572173302)
7.8km ESE 118° National Museum of Scotland* Museum (NT2574873290)
7.8km SE 134° The Bore Stone* Marker Stone (NT2450871568)
7.8km ESE 117° National Museum of Scotland (Early Christian Stones)* Ancient Cross (NT2583273324)
7.9km N 359° Aberdour Cairn Cairn (NT1985)
7.9km SW 235° Huly Hill Standing Stones* Standing Stones (NT1234272610)
7.9km SW 235° Huly Hill Cairn* Round Cairn (NT1234272610)
View more nearby sites and additional images