- Inchmickery
Inchmickery is a small island in the
Firth of Forth inScotland . It is about a mile (1.6 km) north ofEdinburgh .Its name comes from the
Scottish Gaelic , "Innis nam Bhiocaire", meaning "Isle of the Vicar", implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical orCuldee settlement here, as in nearbyInchcolm . It features occasionally in ariddle , "How many inches is the Forth?", playing on a pun on 'Inch' ("Innis"), the Gaelic word forisland , andinch , theimperial measurement .Inchmickery is tiny, only 100 metres by 200 metres. During
World War II the island was used as a gun emplacement. The concrete buildings make the island look (from a distance) like a battleship. Although the island is now uninhabited much of this concrete superstructure remains largely intact. These buildings were used for filming scenes of the film "Complicity".The island is now an RSPB reserve, and is home to breeding pairs of
Common Eider ,Sandwich Tern s and the very rareRoseate Tern . There are two rocks off it, known as the Cow and Calf.Inchmickery was formerly known for its
oyster -beds [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43448#s17] , and used to be covered in moss and lichen.External links
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* [http://www.gm0axy.ic24.net/inchmick.htm Report of a visit to Inchmickery]
* [http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/compinm.html Details of the filming of "Complicity"]
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