Cramond's a seaside village now part of suburban Edinburgh, Scotland, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. It was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law. Etymology The Roman fort or station at Cramond was known to the Romans as Alaterva, according to a stone altar dug up in the grounds of Cramond House that's de… (More on Cramond)