- Keith Inch
"Not to be confused with "
Inchkeith ", in the Firth of Forth"Keith Inch is the easternmost point of mainland
Scotland .It is located in
Peterhead inAberdeenshire , forming the north point of Peterhead Bay at coord|57|30|10|N|1|45|51|W|.Formerly an island, it now forms part of Peterhead Harbour. "Inch" is a common Scottish word for an island, e.g.
Inchcolm ,Inchkenneth , and "na h-Innse Gall" (Hebrides ) and derives from the Scottish Gaelic, "innis".It was used in the whaling industry, and boil yards were here. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/176530]
In 1644 about 500 of Cromwell’s English soldiers reigned terror in the Peterhead. They were encamped on Keith Inch with their headquarters in the castle
External links
*gbmapping|NK142458
References
* Haswell-Smith, Hamish "The Scottish Islands"
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