The English occupation of Inchcolm Island during the Rough Wooing illustrates the naval dimension of the conflict. English ships used the island as a forward base for raids along the Firth of Forth, threatening Leith and Edinburgh from the sea. The monastic buildings were converted into a fortress. Its abandonment was part of the general English withdrawal from Scotland under the Treaty of Boulogne in 1550.
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