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The Cramond Lioness

Cramond, Edinburgh

A Roman tomb sculpture found by a ferryman in the river.

In 1997 the Cramond ferryman spotted a carved stone in the mud of the River Almond. It turned out to be a Roman sculpture of a lioness devouring a man, which once decorated a tomb.

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When
Found 1997
Where
55.9800, -3.3000
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

The lioness is at the National Museum of Scotland. The fort remains are at Cramond village.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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