Cramond Village View of beach at mouth of river

Description Cramond Village View of beach at mouth of river

Date 1900 to 1930

Collection Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh,

Catalogue Number ED 7561

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 536614

Scope and Content The original foreshore at Cramond Village, Edinburgh Cramond, a picturesque village at the mouth of the River Almond, lies on the shores of the Firth of Forth. It developed as an 18th-century industrial village, but its origins date back to the 2nd century AD when it was the site of a Roman fort. The quietly flowing River Almond enters the Firth of Forth at Cramond, and the wide stony foreshore here was a popular spot long before a promenade was built in 1935. A ferryboat carries passengers across the river for a small charge. A ferry, first started in 1556, crosses the river to the Dalmeny estate on the opposite bank. The estate privatised the service in 1622, when the Old Cramond Bridge, a mile upstream and the only other way of crossing the river, was rebuilt in stone. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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