Inchgarvie

English

Proper noun

Inchgarvie

1. A small island in the Firth of Forth, within Edinburgh council area, Scotland. One pier for the Forth Bridge is built on it (OS grid ref NT1379).
   • 1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:

     As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders.

Alternative forms

• Inch Garvie