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Inch or Alloa Inch ( gd, innis, island) is an island in the tidal reaches of the Scottish Wildlife Trust
/ref> The smaller islet of
Inch or Alloa Inch ( gd, innis, island) is an island in the tidal reaches of the River Forth
The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt. The Gaelic name for the upper reach of th ...
near Alloa
Alloa (Received Pronunciation ; educated Scottish pronunciation /ˈaloʊa/; gd, Alamhagh, possibly meaning "rock plain") is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where ...
, just before the river opens out into the Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south.
Name
''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...
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There is a derelict farmhouse on the island, as the land was farmed in the past. Due to subsidence caused by nearby coal mining, flood defences were breached. The land now consists of reed beds and salt marshes.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has managed the island as a reserve since 1996./ref> The smaller islet of
Tullibody Inch
Tullibody Inch is an islet in the estuarine waters of the River Forth.
It takes its name from the nearby town of Tullibody, "inch" being from the Scottish Gaelic ''innis'' meaning "island" or "meadow".
The island used to be farmland but has b ...
lies just upstream.
Footnotes
Islands of the Forth River islands of Scotland Landforms of Clackmannanshire Alloa {{Scotland-geo-stub