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The Bell Rock Lighthouse on Inchcape, Angus

Inchcape Inchcape or the Bell Rock is a reef about eleven miles off the east coast of Angus, near Dundee, between the coasts of Angus and Fife. It is occupied by the Bell Rock Lighthouse. According to legend, a 14th-century Abbot of Arbroath installed a warning bell on the reef, hence the name 'Bell Rock'. The bell was removed by a Dutch pirate who then perished a year later on the rocks; a story that is immortalised in Robert Southey's poem. The main hazard the reef presents to shipping is that only a relatively small proportion of it is above water, but a large section of the surrounding area is extremely shallow and dangerous. (Read more)