Auchmithie
Auchmithie | |
Angus | |
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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
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