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Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth Of Forth in Scotland . It is about a mile (1.6 km) north of Edinburgh . Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic , ''Innis nam Bhiocaire'', meaning ''Isle of the Vicar'', implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm . It features occasionally in a Riddle , "How many inches is the Forth ?", playing on a pun on 'Inch' (''Innis''), the Gaelic word for Island , and Inch , the Imperial 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 ''. / Silverknowes ]] The island is now an RSPB reserve, and is home to breeding pairs of Common Eider , Sandwich Tern s and the very rare Roseate Tern . There are two rocks off it, known as the Cow and Calf. Inchmickery was formerly known for its Oyster -beds {Link without Title} , and used to be covered in moss and lichen. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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