Eyemouth
Eyemouth is a town as well as civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders location of Scotland. It is 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) east of the major north-south A1 road as well as just 8 miles (13 km) north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It has a populace of about 3,420 individuals (2004 ). The town's name originates from its place at the mouth of the Eye Water. The Berwickshire shoreline includes high cliffs over deep clear water with sandy coves and also stunning harbours. An angling port, Eyemouth holds a yearly Herring Queen Festival. Noteworthy structures in the community consist of Gunsgreen House as well as a cemetery watch-house constructed to stand guard versus the Resurrectionists (body snatchers). Many of the functions of a standard angling town are maintained in the narrow roads and also 'vennels', giving shelter from the sea as well as appropriate to the smuggling tradition of old. Eyemouth is not far from the little towns of Ayton, Reston, St. Abbs, Coldingham and also Burnmouth. The shore supplies possibilities for birdwatching, walking, angling and diving. Lodging consists of numerous hotels, B&B s and also a holiday park. The geology of the location reveals evidence of folding that led James Hutton to introduce that the surface of the earth had actually altered dramatically over the ages.
