Inch Garvie
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thumb|right|Inchgarvie beneath the Forth Bridge during the latter's maintenance. Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge.
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of Edinburgh
- Area
- 0.0083
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Firth of Forth
- Image
- Inchgarvie.JPG
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- British Isles
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- Etymology
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- Prison
- Forth Bridge
- Defence operations
- Geology
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thumb|right|Inchgarvie beneath the Forth Bridge during the latter's maintenance. Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge.
Inchgarvie's fortifications pre-date the modern period. In the days when boats were the only way to cross the Firth of Forth, the island was on the main route between North Queensferry in Fife and South Queensferry in Lothian. This made it strategically important. Although now uninhabited, Inchgarvie has been inhabited throughout various periods of history. The first recorded time was in the late 15th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inch Garvie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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