Inchcape
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Inchcape or the Bell Rock is a notorious reef off the east coast of Angus, Scotland, near Dundee and Fife (). Bell Rock Lighthouse, an automatic lighthouse, occupies the reef. The Construction for the Lighthouse started in 1807 and major construction finished in 1810.
Both its names probably refer to its distinctive shape, Inchcape coming from Scottish Gaelic Innis Sgeip, meaning "Beehive isle", probably referring to the old style rope beehives.
The rock featured in a 1 hour episode of BBC's "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World" which documented some of the technological achievements for the time of construction as well as the initial building of the lighthouse.
According to legend, probably folk etymology, the rock is called Bell Rock because of 14th century attempt by the abbot from Arbroath to install a warning bell on it. The bell lasted only one year until it was removed by a Dutch pirate. This story is immortalised in The Inchcape Rock, a famous poem by 19th century poet Robert Southey. [1]
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