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.
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.
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. [link]
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