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.


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 Second World War
hasMaterial basalt
hasNearbyFeature Cramond Beach
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 Cramond
Edinburgh
managedBy City of Edinburgh Council
partOf City of Edinburgh
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 (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cramond Island ("Islands of the Forth")
Fidra ("Islands of the Forth")
Inchkeith ("Islands of the Forth")
Inchmickery ("Islands of the Forth")
partOf
Cramond Beach
Inchkeith
hasNearbyIsland
Firth of Forth
hasIsland
Inchmickery
locatedNear
Inchmickery ("Innis nam Biocaire (island of the vicar or island of the beehives)")
nameEtymology

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