Cramond Island
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Cramond Island is a small tidal island near Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its causeway walkway and World War II-era coastal defenses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cramond Island canonical | 12 |
| Islands of the Forth | 4 |
| Innis nam Biocaire (island of the vicar or island of the beehives) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | tidal island ⓘ |
| accessibleAt | low tide ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Cramond ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 20 metres ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
pedestrian walkway
ⓘ
tidal causeway ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
grassy interior
ⓘ
rocky shoreline ⓘ tidal mudflats ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalType | volcanic plug ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
rapidly rising tide
ⓘ
tidal cut-off risk ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| hasMaterial | basalt ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Cramond Beach
ⓘ
River Almond ⓘ
surface form:
River Almond estuary
|
| hasNearbyIsland |
Inchcolm
ⓘ
Inchmickery ⓘ |
| hasRemainsOf |
barracks foundations
ⓘ
military buildings ⓘ searchlight positions ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
World War II coastal defenses
ⓘ
anti-boat barrier ⓘ concrete pylons ⓘ gun emplacements ⓘ pillboxes ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Forth bridges
ⓘ
Inchcolm ⓘ Inchmickery ⓘ |
| inaccessibleAt | high tide ⓘ |
| length | approximately 0.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Firth of Forth
ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Leith
ⓘ
surface form:
Cramond
Edinburgh ⓘ |
| managedBy |
City of Edinburgh council area
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Edinburgh Council
|
| partOf |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Edinburgh
Cramond Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Islands of the Forth
|
| population | 0 ⓘ |
| tourism | popular local excursion ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
| usedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
anti-ship defense
ⓘ
anti-submarine defense ⓘ coastal defense ⓘ |
| width | approximately 0.3 kilometres ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Islands of the Forth
this entity surface form:
Innis nam Biocaire (island of the vicar or island of the beehives)
this entity surface form:
Islands of the Forth