Keith Inch

It is now joined to Greenhill, another former island, previously separated from Keith Inch by the Poolmouth.

Inch is a common Scottish word for an island, such as Inchcolm, Inchkenneth and na h-Innse Gall (Hebrides), and derives from the Scottish Gaelic innis.

[1] In 1644 about 500 of Oliver Cromwell's English soldiers rampaged in the Peterhead area.

After 1715, it was purchased by Thomas Arbuthnot, who built a modern house to the north of the island.

The final complete vestiges were removed in the late 19th century, although an occasional "massive" stone wall can be found.

Remains of the whale bone arch in Peterhead Harbour