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    Inchkeith (from the Scottish Gaelic: Innis Cheith) is an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area. Inchkeith...
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  • Inchkeith Inchkeith is a community in Saskatchewan. 50°04′36″N 102°27′40″W / 50.07667°N 102.46111°W / 50.07667; -102.46111 v t e...
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    HMNZS Inchkeith was an Isles-class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was one of the first ships to be commissioned into the newly created...
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    groups. Bass Rock Craigleith Cramond Eyebroughy Fidra Inchcolm Inchgarvie Inchkeith Inchmickery with Cow and Calf Lamb Isle of May Lowest bridging point:...
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  • sent two children to be raised by a mute woman isolated on the island of Inchkeith, to determine if language was learned or innate. The children were reported...
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    Kintyre North Ronaldsay Eilean Glas Pladda Pentland Skerries Cloch Point Inchkeith Start Point, Sanday Little Cumbrae Thomas Smith (6 December 1752 – 21...
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    at once." In the autumn of 1555, Mansioun was based on the island of Inchkeith where he was in charge of horses and winches during the building of a...
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    resistance. André de Montalembert, sieur d'Essé, captured the island of Inchkeith on 19 June 1549. The English abandoned Haddington on 19 September 1549...
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    not allow it. In 1547, after the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, Inchcolm and Inchkeith were fortified by the English, and held for two years; it is possible...
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    places in the world; as, Ile, Islay. Jura or Iura, Jura. Uist, Uist, Inchkeith, isle of Keith. Eireinn, or Eirionn, ì-iar-fhónn, wetland isle; Ireland...
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    islands, such the islet of Inch, off St Mary's Isle Priory, Inch Kenneth, Inchkeith, Keith Inch (no longer an island) and Inchcailloch. Motu, a reef islet...
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    adverse wind brought him within range of the cannon of the fortress isle of Inchkeith. In the previous month, Lord Darnley had personally inspected the garrison...
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    Flodden campaign Flodden Field Solway Moss campaign Haddon Rig Solway Moss Rough Wooing Edinburgh Ancrum Moor Pinkie Inchkeith Haddington Broughty Castle...
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    the medieval bishops were buried within the Abbey church. Like nearby Inchkeith and the Isle of May, Inchcolm was attacked repeatedly by English raiders...
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    Victoria Park, Salisbury, Wiltshire. There is also a memorial to him on Inchkeith island in the Firth of Forth, which commemorates his advocacy for fortifying...
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  • month after the death of Mary of Guise. The fortifications at Leith, Inchkeith and Dunbar Castle were duly removed, and the French garrisons left Scotland...
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    contribute to a tax used for defence, including the fortification of Inchkeith. Some contributions were paid directly to the master of works, William...
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    Fidra and Eyebroughy. A second group lie in the inner Firth of Forth. Inchkeith and Inchcolm are off Kinghorn and Aberdour on the north shore, Inchgarvie...
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  • Kirkbuddo, Kirkcaldy, Caerlaverock Castle coed trees, forest, wood Catochil, Inchkeith, Keith, Keith Lundie, Keithack, Keithick, Keithmore, Keithny, Keithney...
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  • Islands: Bass Rock, Craigleith, Eyebroughy, Fidra, Inchcolm, Inchgarvie, Inchkeith, Inchmickery, Isle of May, Lamb The Pentland Firth. This is a strait between...
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    several islands located off the coast of Fife, such as the Isle of May, Inchkeith and Inchcolm. The former Preston Island south of Valleyfield is no longer...
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    used at Cape Spear had already been used since 1815 at a lighthouse on Inchkeith on the east coast of Scotland. The original light used seven Argand burners...
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    Angus and eastern Aberdeenshire, as well as around the city of Inverness. Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth receives only 550 mm (21.7 in) of precipitation...
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    children were sent to be raised by a mute woman alone on the island of Inchkeith, to determine if language was learned or innate. James IV had a wide range...
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    Morrich More due to shifting sands. Keith Inch (not to be confused with Inchkeith), is now part of Peterhead Harbour, and is the easternmost point of mainland...
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    UK, in 1922 Marconi 70MHz rotating parabolic maritime radio beacon on Inchkeith Island 1925 The first radio telescope: a 9-meter (30 ft) dish built by...
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    and Broughty Castle) André de Montalembert in 1549 (for the capture of Inchkeith) Edward VI of England, 1551 by Henry II Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley under...
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  • Briggis. He was also to take command of the fortress on the Island of Inchkeith from Captain Lussaignet. The letters were made by Secretary Raulet (d...
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    Inchkeith lighthouse lens and drive mechanism at the National Museum of Scotland...
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    (11th/12th c.) from Sicily or Southern Italy Taxidermy of Dolly the sheep Inchkeith lighthouse lens and drive mechanism Swinney, Geoffrey (July 2013). "PhD...
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