Edinburgh, Cramond Island, 'jetty'
Sewage Works (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Cramond Island, 'jetty'
Classification Sewage Works (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Forth; Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 113088
Site Number NT17NE 114
NGR NT 1965 7880
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113088
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT17NE 114 1965 7880
Site recorded during a rapid coastal survey undertaken by GUARD of the S shore of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling and along the N shore of the Forth to the Fife border. A gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments was produced. Full details of the survey can be consulted in the report held by the NMRS.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
Concrete jetty, 20th century.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 10th March 1996.
This is not a jetty, but is the outlet for west Edinburgh's sewage system. This is effectively the continuation of the 'causeway' which provides access to the island. This 'causeway' encases two large diameter pipes which merge into one, then carry on through the island where they emerge as this structure. It used to discharge raw sewage into the Firth of Forth, but since the system was upgraded in 2000 it is used as a storm water overflow for the same system.
Information to RCAHMS via e-mail from Mr J Dods (Cramond Heritage Society), April 2006.
Field Visit (10 March 1996)
Concrete jetty, 20th century.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 10th March 1996.
Field Visit (31 August 2022)
At the top of the beach on the N side of the island, and close to the sewer outfall with which it is probably associated, is a concrete wall. It measures 8.1m in length from E to W by 0.8m in thickness at the flat top and 1.22m in height, with a steeply sloping front face and a vertical rear face. The exposed E end exhibits a vertical steel pole that is embedded in the wall core close to its rear face. Erosion has exposed the foundation of the wall on its N side and on the S, at a level about 0.3m below the level of the top of the wall, there are the remains of what appears to have been a flat area of rough boulders and stones sealed by concrete.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (J. Sherriff, A. McCaig) 31 August 2022.
