Views from Cramond Island

Cramond island used to be part of the bishop of Dunkeld's estate. In medieval times it was a rabbit warren (cunningar) for food. Later it was used for oyster fishing. There were several farmhouses on the Island until the twentieth century.

The island became a naval base in 1904/5 and during the second world war had two twelve pounder guns and dispersed and concentrated beam searchlight emplacements which lit up much of the surrounding Forth estuary. The remnants of the military installations survive today.

The 'dragon's teeth', a mile long line of concrete stumps was used as a barrier to shipping in the second world war. The 'causeway' which one can walk across to the island, is not really a causeway at all but a storm water overflow. Times of the tides for safe crossing are given.