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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCH KEITH | InchKeith InchKeith Inch Keith Inch Keith Inch-Keith Inch-Keith InchKeith Inch Keith Inch Keith InchKeith Island |
Mr. R. Brown Lighthouse Keeper Mr. A. Brown Lighthouse Keeper Co. [County] Map 1847 Map of Gt. [GReat] Britain in Thomsons Atlas. Fullarton's Gazetteer. Sinclair's Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol [Volume] 12 p.233 Index to Stat. Acct. Vol [Statistical Account Volume] 21 Cary's Map of Scotland Ainslie's Map of Scotland Johnston's Map of Fife & Kinross |
041 | [situation] N.E. [Northeast] from the Town of Leith. An island in the frith of Forth about three miles South East of Pettycur and 5 northeast from Leith. It belongs to the parish of Kinghorn in Fifeshire and is about three fourth of a mile in length and on average one eight of a mile in breadth. The surface is very uneven and rocky, nevertheless it is in some places productive of good herbage well suited for pasturing horses and cattle. The island abounds in springs of excellent water, which are collected in a cistern, called the West Well, near the harbour from which the shipping in Leith Roads are supplied. It formerly belonged to the family of Keith, afterwards Earls Marischal, and from them received the name it now bears. latterly it became the property of the present proprietor the Duke of Buccleugh, in 1549 Inch Keith was fortified by the English, and soon after taken and repaired by the French, see description, in 1803 a lighthouse was erected a little north of the fortification, on about the summit of the Island, and was lighted in 1804, see description. |
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Parish of Kinghorn[Note - Authorities] Information partly taken from Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland.
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