River Almond, Lothian

The River Almond and Naismith Bridge in Almondell and Calderwood Country Park

The River Almond is a river in Lothian, Scotland. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) long, rising at Hirst Hill in Lanarkshire near Shotts, running through West Lothian and draining into the Firth of Forth at Cramond, Edinburgh.[1] The name Almond/Amon is simply old Celtic for "river".[2]

  1. ^ Wills, Elspeth (1996). Livingston, the Making of a Scottish New Town. The Rutland Press. ISBN 978-1873190463.
  2. ^ History of Livingstone, William F Hendrie