Cramock Burn
{{Short description|Ancient watercourse in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
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Cramock Burn is an historic {{cvt|2.7|mi}}-longThe Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood (1849), p. 39 watercourse in Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.{{Cite book |title=Geology of the Perth and Dundee District |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1985 |isbn=9780118843683 |pages=24}} It is a tributary of the River Tay, which it joins just north of where the River Almond flows into the Tay, on the Perth side of the river. On an 1804 estate map, it is described as a "small sluggish stream".{{Cite web |title=Perthshire volume 75 {{!}} ScotlandsPlaces |url=https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/perthshire-os-name-books-1859-1862/perthshire-volume-75?display=transcription |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=scotlandsplaces.gov.uk |language=en}}
Course
The burn is sourced from a spring just north of New Scone and northeast of an area known in the early 19th century as Spoutwells. From there, it flows west and passes under an unnamed road. Shortly thereafter, still continuing west, almost parallel with Gelly Burn, around {{Convert|0.5|mi|km}} to the north,{{Cite book |last=Forder |first=Simon |title=The Romans in Scotland and The Battle of Mons Graupius |publisher=Amberley Publishing |year=2019 |isbn=9781445690568}} it passes beneath the A93 to the northeast of Old Scone. Turning slightly south, it passes beneath Stormontfield Road before flowing past the northern edge of Perth Racecourse. Around {{Convert|0.45|mi|km}} later, it empties into the River Tay near Garragie Bank.
An 1886 Gardeners' Chronicle article described the burn as passing Balboughty Farm.{{HEScotland |desc=SCONE PALACE |num=GDL00338 |access-date=2022-06-30}}
Flooding concern
In 2019, concerns from residents were raised that groundwater and drainage from the Cross Tay Link Road would cause the burn to overflow.{{Cite news|newspaper=The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition) |title=First batch of homes at edge of Scone signed off despite question marks |date=2019-08-29 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-perth-and-perthshire-edition/20190829/281509342854536 |access-date=2022-06-30 |via=PressReader}}{{Cite web |last=Cargill |first=Paul |date=2019-01-29 |title=Housing could create flood risk |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/perthshire-housing-could-create-flood-13921252 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/Memoirs/docs/B01896.html "Geology of the Perth and Dundee district, sheets 48W, 48E, 49. Sheet memoir (Scotland)"] - Natural Environment Research Council
- [https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/media/5106/figure-61-hydrology-hydrogeology-and-soils-baseline-conditions-6-10_v2.pdf "Figure 6.1 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Soils Baseline Conditions"] - Scottish & Southern