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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAMOND TOWER (Ruin) | Cramond Tower (Antiquity) | Revd [Reverend] W. Colvin Cramond W. Clarke |
001 | The remains of once the Seat of the Bishops of Dunkeld, consisting of a tall peel house or tower about 100 yards S. [South] West of Cramond house, 4 storeys high the top and bottom of which are arched, it is entered by a small Gothic door at the South side and on the South East Corner is a Circular Staircase reaching to the top. no date remains of its erection, but no doubt it was built previous to 1409 in which year the tower of Cramond is particularly mentioned in an indenture of excambion At the west end was a chapel now entirely demolished and the edifice appeared to have extended N. [North] & East which is visible from the keystones now remaining. When the lands of Cramond fell into the hands of those prelates it impossible to tell |
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[Page] 53P. [Plan] 1.B -- List of Names collected by John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] Examiner
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Parish - Cramond
Object
Cramond Tower (Antiquity) - Tower
[Signed] John E Daveran
Jany [January] 29th 1852
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