Cramond Roman Fort

  • Cramond Roman Fort was located on the river Almond where it joins the Firth of Forth in Cramond, a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland.
  • It was Roman Caromago, a Fort and sea port for the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

Roman Site

  • Cramond Roman Fort only exists today as a ground plan.
    • The Site has been marked out in an open Park area with information panels to explain the Site.

Antonine Wall

  • This was a 39 mile (62km) long Turf and Stone barrier with Forts, connecting Old Kilkpatrick on the Firth of Forth with Carriden near Bo’ness on the Firth of Clyde.
  • Cramond Roman Fort would have supplied the Wall by sea.
  • It was located 100 miles (160km) north of Hadrian's Wall.

Museums

  • National Museum of Scotland
    • Located in Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • On display is the ‘Cramond Lioness’, a Roman stone sculpture found nearby depicting a lioness mauling a prisoner.
    • Also on display is the Traprain Treasure.

Roman Roads

 

 

Cramond Roman Fort (ground plan)

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