Cramond — Fort on the River Almond

Aptly named on account of a Roman fort constructed c.140AD and in use to c.170, excavation has proved the location of the fort and its bath-house, as well as an industrial area and a harbour; it was extended c.208-14. The fort was a supply point for forts along the Antonine Wall.

Remains of the barracks are displayed in parkland around the 15th century Cramond Kirk. The life-size Cramond Lioness, a Roman funerary monument now displayed in Edinburgh, was found in the Almond in 1997.