Eyemouth
Eyemouth is a small town and also civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders location of Scotland. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the main north-south A1 road and simply 8 miles (13 km) north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It has a populace of about 3,420 individuals (2004 ). The town's name comes from its location at the mouth of the Eye Water. The Berwickshire coast consists of high cliffs over deep clear water with sandy coves and picturesque harbours. An angling port, Eyemouth holds an annual Herring Queen Festival. Significant structures in the community consist of Gunsgreen House and also a cemetery watch-house constructed to stand guard against the Resurrectionists (body snatchers). Many of the features of a conventional fishing town are protected in the slim streets and also 'vennels', giving shelter from the sea and also fit to the smuggling custom of old. Eyemouth is not far from the small villages of Ayton, Reston, St. Abbs, Coldingham as well as Burnmouth. The shore provides opportunities for birdwatching, strolling, angling as well as diving. Holiday accommodation consists of several hotels, B&B s and a holiday park. The geology of the location shows evidence of folding that led James Hutton to introduce that the surface of the earth had changed substantially over the ages.
