Auchmithie is a very small village on the coast of Angus some three miles north east of Arbroath. Much of the village stands on a single street. In the late 1800s, Auchmithie was a thriving fishing harbour, with 40 boats and a population of some 400. It was also where the Arbroath Smokie was first produced. The village has Norse origins, suggesting that smokies have been made here for over a thousand years. But the development of Arbroath drew most of the fishing and smoking away from Auchmithie. The perspective is a little misleading - the houses are perched on the edge of high sandstone cliffs. Coastguards Cottage dates from the late 1700s; the vantage point helped the coastguard to spot smugglers. I liked the promise of the freshly tilled fertile soil, lit as the sun was setting. And the way the water neatly divides the earth and sky. . . . #angus #scotland #visitscotland #scotspirit #instascotand #igerscots #igmasters #this_is_scotland #scotland_insta #visualsofscotland #arbroath (at Auchmithie Bay)
