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Inchgarvie (occasionally "Inch Garvie") is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. Its name comes from ''Innis Garbhach'' which is Scottish Gaelic for "rough island". On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge. Inchgarvie’s fortifications pre-date the modern period. In the days when boats were the only way to cross the Firth of Forth, the island was on the main route between North Queensferry in Fife and South Queensferry in Lothian. This made it strategically important. Although now uninhabited, Inchgarvie has been inhabited throughout various periods of history. The first recorded time was in the late 15th century. Like nearby Inchmickery, its profile and colour makes it look like a battleship from a distance, and it was used for gun placements during the world wars. ==History== Records of Danish attacks on nearby islands, particularly Inchcolm as well as Fife and Lothian may mean that it was used in some capacity by them. The island was licensed by King James IV to John Dundas of Dundas with the power to build a fort on 20 March 1491.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Inch Garvie Castle )〕 John Dundas did not build the castle, and James IV himself ordered a strong tower to be built in 1513.〔 On 8 March 1514 Margaret, the widow of William Dundas of Dundas, undertook to manage the completion of the fortress that James IV and her father-in-law had begun building on her island.〔Macleod, Walter, ''Royal Letters, from the papers of Dundas of Dundas'', Edinburgh (1897), lxxiii, citing Acta Dominorum Concillii, 26, f. 43.〕 From 23 December 1514, Charles Dennison, Captain of Inchgarvie managed and fed a large royal construction team. The master mason was John of Cumbernauld, with his "servitor" John Strathauchin, who directed eight other masons and ten labourers. Margaret, Lady of Dundas gave them two boats. Two 'serpentine' guns and guns from Colstone were placed on the island after a visit by artillery experts in July 1515, and the island was equipped with a "blawing horne." There was also a chapel.〔''Accounts of the Lord Treasurer of Scotland'', vol. 5 (1903), 20-26.〕 The fort was captured by Richard Brooke in the ''Galley Subtile'' on 6 May 1544 during an attack on Edinburgh and demolished a week later. The English commander Lord Hertford wrote that it would have been useful to garrison Inchgarvie, but his orders from Henry VIII would not allow it.〔'Late Expedition in Scotland, 1544', in ''Tudor Tracts'', (1903), 44: ''Letters & Papers, Henry VIII'', vol.19 part 1 (1908), no.472.〕 In 1547, after the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, Inchcolm and Inchkeith were fortified by the English, and held for two years; it is possible that Inchgarvie was fortified at this period too. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inchgarvie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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