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Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south....
 in Scotland
Scotland

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. It is about a mile (1.6 km) north of Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
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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
Culdee

The Culdee, Kuldee or C?li D? formed a monastic order with settlements in Ireland, Scotland and England. In early Irish manuscripts the name is Cele De, that is, God's sworn ally....
 settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm
Inchcolm

Inchcolm is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Repeatedly attacked by English raiders during the Wars of Scottish Independence, it was fortified during both World Wars to defend nearby Edinburgh....
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Inchmickery Island
Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south....
 in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It is about a mile (1.6 km) north of Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
.

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
Culdee

The Culdee, Kuldee or C?li D? formed a monastic order with settlements in Ireland, Scotland and England. In early Irish manuscripts the name is Cele De, that is, God's sworn ally....
 settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm
Inchcolm

Inchcolm is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Repeatedly attacked by English raiders during the Wars of Scottish Independence, it was fortified during both World Wars to defend nearby Edinburgh....
. It features occasionally in a riddle
Riddle

A riddle is a statement or question having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for the...
, "How many inches is the Forth
River Forth

The River Forth , 47 km long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some 30 km west of Stirling....
?", playing on a pun on 'Inch' (Innis), the Gaelic word for island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
, and inch
Inch

An inch is the name of a Units of measurement of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units....
, the imperial measurement.

Inchmickery is tiny, only 100 metres by 200 metres. During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 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
Complicity (film)

Complicity is a 2000 in film film based on the novel Complicity by Iain Banks. The screenplay was written by Bryan Elsley. It was directed by Gavin Millar....
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The island is now an RSPB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a United Kingdom charitable organisation which works to promote bird conservation and protection of birds and the wider Natural environment through public awareness campaigns, petitions and through the operation of nature reserves throughout the United Kingdom....
 reserve, and is home to breeding pairs of Common Eider
Common Eider

The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large Merginae, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia....
, Sandwich Tern
Sandwich Tern

name = Sandwich Tern| status = LC| status_ref = | status_system = iucn3.1| image = Sandwich Tern perched.jpg| image_width = 250px| image_caption = Nominate subspecies T....
s and the very rare Roseate Tern
Roseate Tern

The Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....
. There are two rocks off it, known as the Cow and Calf.

Inchmickery was formerly known for its oyster
Oyster

The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of bivalve mollusks, most of which live in marine habitats or brackish water....
-beds , and used to be covered in moss and lichen.

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