The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, 47 km (29 mi) long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage...
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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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for its decline and the closure ended the movement of the east-coast Forth River fishing fleets across the country to fish the Irish Sea. The lack of...
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The River Forth is a perennial river located in northwest Tasmania, Australia. The lower part of the river features Lake Barrington, which is a major venue...
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forth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Forth or FORTH may refer to: forth magazine, an Internet magazine Forth (album), by The Verve, 2008 Forth,...
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(Gaelic: Carrann) is a river in central Scotland, rising in the Campsie Fells and flowing along Strathcarron into the Firth of Forth. It has given its name...
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HMS Forth is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel in active service with the Royal Navy. Named after the River Forth, she is the first Batch 2...
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The Battle of the River Forth was an air battle on 16 October 1939 between Supermarine Spitfires from No. 602 and No. 603 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force...
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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....
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Roman Empire to refer to the part of Scotland that lies north of the River Forth, which includes most of the land area of Scotland. Today, it is used...
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Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth. In 1296, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, defeated John Comyn, Earl...
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Carse (section Carse of Forth)
alluvial) land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as that of the River Forth. The Carse of Forth contrasts with the Ochil Hills to the north...
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position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth made it a focal point for travel north or south...
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The Islands 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...
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(East Coast) Forth catchment River Forth Pow Burn (R) River Devon, Clackmannanshire (L) Black Devon (L) Bannock Burn (R) Allan Water (L) River Teith (L)...
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third of the island, known to the Romans as Caledonia, lay north of the River Forth in modern Scotland. It was intermittently but not permanently occupied...
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a stone bridge which crosses the River Forth. For over 300 years it provided the lowest crossing point of the Forth and so had strategic importance. The...
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Scotia was being used to refer to (Gaelic-speaking) Scotland north of the River Forth, alongside Albania or Albany, both derived from the Gaelic Alba. The...
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Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing into the River Forth. Land in the vicinity of Bannockburn town, probably between the Pelstream...
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is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth. Alloa is south of the Ochil...
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constructions, the name referred to the Forth and Clyde Canal connection to the sea and where it flowed into the River Forth. After Dundas died in 1781 his son...
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the Forth Road Bridge, 2,512 m (8,241 ft) long; and the Forth Bridge, 2,498 m (8,196 ft) long. Rivers: Forth, River Avon, Water of Leith, River Almond...
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enough time to decide whether to move northwards beyond the Forth or westwards up the river into a district of mosses and hills. Robert knew that the latter...
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of the kingdom was formed by the lands around the River Tay. Its southern limit was the River Forth, northwards it extended towards the Moray Firth and...
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forth, after the River Forth: HMS Forth was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate, but she was renamed...
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Allan Water (redirect from River Allan)
a river in central Scotland. Rising in the Ochil Hills, it runs through Strathallan to Dunblane and Bridge of Allan before joining the River Forth. It...
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The Alloa Swing Bridge was a railway swing bridge across the River Forth that connected Throsk and Alloa as part of the Alloa Railway. The structure was...
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Burn flows into the River Teith. It lies 8 miles (13 kilometres) northwest of Stirling, where the Teith flows into the River Forth. Upstream, 8 miles (13...
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Wallace Monument, it lies on the Allan Water, a northern tributary of the River Forth, built largely on the well-wooded slopes of the Westerton and Airthrey...
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was the first road crossing of the River Forth downstream of Stirling, completed nearly thirty years before the Forth Road Bridge, which stands fifteen...
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