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Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 16 - Parish of Cramond, OS1/34/16

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Parish of Cramond -- Sheet 3 -- No.15 -- Trace 2


[Notes under Hunter's Craig or Eagle Rock]

Defaced Figure of an Eagle on Face of Rock - Supposed Roman

"The rock of freestone known by the name of the Hunter's Craig on the Sea Shore west from Cramond had on its east face a rude Sculpture bearing some resemblance to the figure of an Eagle Standing upright with its back to the rock by some supposed to have been executed by the Romans. All traces of that figure are now worn away the stone of which the rock is composed being of a very soft friable nature." - Woods History of Cramond 1794 Page 12.

The above notice from Wood's Hist. [History] of Cramond, viz, that "All traces of that figure are now worn away" is wrong; the outline or "defaced figure" is quite distinct in bold relief on the face of the rock, neither is the stone of that "Friable soft nature" as above stated.

Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 16 - Parish of Cramond, OS1/34/16

This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Cramond.

Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of West Lothian, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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