Edinburgh Views from Cramond

Cramond sits at the mouth of the river almond where it meets the Forth estuary. It was once a thriving iron producing area and mining community and also a fishing port. There is evidence of it being inhabited since the end of the last ice age before 4000 b.c. Cramond was also a Roman harbour with a fort, under the control of Antoninus Pius between AD 142-161.

The name Cramond derives from Caer Amon, meaning - the fort on the river. In the middle ages the village was a kirk under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Dunkeld.