The Firth of Forth (Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North...
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The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. Completed...
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Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth...
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Collafirth/Colla Firth (two places of this name) Firths Voe, Firth Gon Firth Olna Firth Olnes Firth Quey Firth Unie Firth Ura Firth Burra Firth/Burrafirth (a...
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of the Forth are a group of small islands located in the Firth of Forth and in the estuary of the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland. Most of the...
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settlements, the water turns brackish, and is usually considered part of the Firth of Forth. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Stirling harbour was...
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containing Forth Fort (disambiguation) Fourth (disambiguation) Sally Forth (disambiguation) Firth of Forth, an estuary in Scotland Islands of the Forth This...
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bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry...
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Edinburgh (redirect from List of Edinburgh suburbs)
capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth estuary...
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also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in...
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Ports was established in 1967 as the Forth Ports Authority. It became responsible for pilotage on the Firth of Forth in 1988. It was privatised and first...
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on the Firth of Forth. Filming also took place in Punjab, India. "Sanjay Dutt Set To Join Ajay Devgn In Punjab For 'Son Of Sardaar 2'". Times of India...
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Antonine Wall (redirect from Wall of Antoninus)
Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twenty years after Hadrian's Wall...
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Inchgarvie (category Islands of the Forth)
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...
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journeying from south of the Firth of Forth to St. Andrew's in Fife. She used a cave on the banks of the Tower Burn in Dunfermline as a place of devotion and prayer...
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East Neuk (redirect from East Neuk of Fife)
generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth and the land and villages slightly inland. It would...
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Culross (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross served as a port city on the Firth of Forth and is believed to have been founded by...
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considered part of Alba, which was seen as extending only between the Firth of Forth and the River Spey. The name of Alba is one of convenience, as throughout...
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Kincardine, Fife (redirect from Kincardine On Forth)
Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663...
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coast of Scotland. It is a joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, having exclusive development rights to the Firth of Forth zone of development...
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Northumbria (redirect from Early medieval history of Northumbria)
the Humber, Peak District and the River Mersey on the south to the Firth of Forth on the north. Northumbria ceased to be an independent kingdom in the...
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band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding...
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Fife (redirect from Kingdom of Fife)
registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and...
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The title is a pun on the Firth of Forth, the estuary of the River Forth in Scotland. The song theme relates to the "river of constant change", as quoted...
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South Queensferry (section Places of interest)
ten miles to the north-west of Edinburgh city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry...
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Grangemouth Refinery (section Choice of location)
Grangemouth Refinery is an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, currently operated by Petroineos. It is the only...
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Tay Whale (category History of the North Sea)
known locally as the Monster, was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883. It was harpooned in a hunt, but escaped,...
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River Avon, Falkirk (category Rivers of Falkirk (council area))
joins the Firth of Forth just east of the Grangemouth Refinery. This is not far down from where the Grange Burn and the River Carron meet the Firth. The Avon...
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on the island of Fidra in the Firth of Forth Tarbet Isle, in Loch Lomond Tarbert (disambiguation) Tarbat, a civil parish in the east of Ross and Cromarty...
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Bo'ness (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it now lies within...
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