Auchmithie

Auchmithie
Angus
Auchmithie, viewed from the beach
Location
Grid reference:	NO680443
Location:	56°35’22"N, 2°31’22"W
Data
Population:	183
Post town:	Arbroath
Postcode:	DD11
Dialling code:	01241
Local Government
Council:	Angus
Parliamentary constituency:	Angus

Auchmithie is a village in Angus, on the Firth of Tay. It is to be found three miles north east of the town of Arbroath.

Auchmithie sits atop a cliff of red sandstone conglomerate of Devonian date, approximately 120 feet above a shingle beach. Among the pebbles on the beach, derived from those weathered out of the cliffs (themselves derived from pebbles deposited by a massive ancient river-delta), a significant percentage are jasper, predominantly dark red, with rarer examples green or yellow.

This was once a thriving fishing village. Now the harbour, built in 1891, lies dilapidated but there are still some small fishing boats.

The Arbroath Smokie (haddock hot smoked in a particular way) originated in Auchmithie.

Sir Walter Scott stayed in the Waverley Hotel in Auchmithie and described Auchmithie in his novel The Antiquary (1816), under the name 'Musslecrag'.

Pictures

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  Auchmithie harbour
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  Auchmithie, 1881, photograph by James Cox

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Auchmithie)

• Joe Dorward's website with a wide view of Auchmithie's harbour
• Old photos of Auchmithie and the harbour, pre 1923
• Latest census information, 2001, with specific reference to Auchmithie