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World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 23 August 2013
Event ID 963507
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963507
Cramond Island was fortified in 1915 as part of the Middle defences of the Firth of Forth and explicitly to cover the anti-submarine barrier that ran from Cramond to Braefoot, via Inchmickery and Inchcolm islands. The history of the defences of the Forth, as set out in the Fort Record Book of Inchcolm (The National Archives WO 192/108). Fourteen 12-pdr guns were supplied to the three islands on the line and of these two were emplaced at Cramond. The two emplacements were at NT 19722 78686 and NT 19739 78669. Whereas most of the 12-pdrs were replaced in 1916, when the defences of the Forth were reorganised, the two 12-pdrs on Cramond remained in place until the end of the war. They had been returned to the Navy by 1921.
The same 1915 map shows the location of a single Defence Electric Light emplacement at NT 19737 78749.
The island was re-armed at the beginning of the Second World War and two 12-pdrs were re-mounted on the original emplacements.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 23 August 2013
