Auchmithie

Auchmithie
240px Auchmithie, viewed from the beach
Auchmithie  Auchmithie shown within Angus
Population	183
OS grid reference	NO680443
Council area	Angus
Lieutenancy area	Angus
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ARBROATH
Postcode district	DD11
Dialling code	01241
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Angus
Scottish Parliament	Angus South
List of places UK Scotland

Auchmithie is a former fishing village in Angus, Scotland, three miles north east of the town of Arbroath. It 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.

In the dilapidated harbour, built in 1891, 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'.

Gallery

• Auchmithie Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 607444.jpg

  Auchmithie harbour

• 'At Auchmithie 1881'. Woman leaning against boat.jpg

  Auchmithie, 1881, photograph by James Cox

External links

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