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North Queensferry
 

From Edinburgh, the shortest crossing of the river Forth, is made between South and North Queensferry. The name originates from Queen Margret who established a ferry crossing, hence the name Queensferry.

The ferries continued to operate after the Forth Rail Bridge was built until the mid 1960s when the Forth Road Bridge was opened.

This lighthouse was built to guide the ferries into the Town Pier.

Old Lighthouse Old Lighthouse

Just beside the pier is an unusual milestone, built into a wall. Edinburgh 11, Perth 33, Kinross 16 miles, presumably lang Scots miles.

milestone Milestone

The Town Pier, with the Forth Road bridge in the distance The Town Pier, with the Forth Road bridge in the distance

This one got me thinking. The picture was taken at 12:48 AM BST. The time on the sundial gives the time as nearly 12 o'Clock. Allowing for the hour for BST, the time would be about right. How was time determine back in 1771, before the days of atomic clocks?

John Harrison cracked the Longitude problem by 1761 by making an accurate time piece, but then again, how did they determine Greenwich Mean Time in the first place?

sundial Sundial