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Cramond Island

Cramond Island is a tidal island that sits in the Firth of Forth to the north of Cramond. The island is is a third of a mile/half a kilometer long and is reached by a raised causeway that can be crossed when the tide is out; the crossing itself is a mile/1½km long and details of the tide times can be checked on a notice board at the start of the causeway.

The walkway is lined with a series of concrete pyramids that are known as the Dragon’s Teeth; these, along with the causeway itself, were constructed as an anti-submarine defence during Second World War. Other buildings on the island were built at this time as part of a coastal battery; these include gun emplacements and magazine stores. Similar buildings were constructed on Inchmickery, another island in the Firth of Forth that lies to the northeast of Cramond Island.

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