Inchkeith
| Scottish Gaelic name | Innse Coit |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | wooded island or Coeddi's island |
| Location | |
Inchkeith Inchkeith shown within the Firth of Forth | |
| OS grid reference | NT293826 |
| Coordinates | 56°02′00″N 3°08′06″W / 56.033333°N 3.135°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Islands of the Forth |
| Area | 22.9 hectares (57 acres) |
| Highest elevation | 60 m |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Fife |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| References | |
Inchkeith Lighthouse | |
| Location | Inchkeith Fife Scotland United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 56°02′00″N 3°08′12″W / 56.033232°N 3.136643°W |
| Constructed | 1804 |
| Construction | stone tower |
| Automated | 1986 |
| Height | 19 metres (62 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings | Ochre tower and building, black lantern |
| Operator | Forth Ports PLC |
| Fog signal | Org. 2 blasts of 3.5s. every 90s. Replaced in 1958 4 blasts of 1.5s. every 60 s. Decommissioned c. 2004 |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 67 metres (220 ft) |
| Light source | diesel engines |
| Intensity | 269,280 candela ? |
| Range | 14 nautical miles [26 km] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 15s 67m 14M [Fl. 0.4s-14.6s] |
Inchkeith (from the Scottish Gaelic: Innis Cheith) is an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area.
Inchkeith has had a colourful history as a result of its proximity to Edinburgh, its strategic location for use as a home for Inchkeith Lighthouse, and for military purposes defending the Firth of Forth from attack from shipping and more recently protecting the upstream Forth Bridge and Rosyth Dockyard. Inchkeith has, by some accounts, been inhabited (intermittently) for almost 1,800 years.