Lost Coastlines
260 views · Published 1 July 2014 · 19:00 · Indexed 11 October 2026
Channel: Simon Douglas · 2014 · Comedy
In this action packed action adventure with an all-star cast, the wild and beautiful Angus coastline between Arbroath and Auchmithie is explored in detail with special attention being paid to the Forbidden Cave. This cave contains an interesting geological feature known as the Devil's Chair and as well as being cavernous when you first enter, the cave travels further into the headland, eventually emerging at a different entrance, making it feel more like a tunnel or a mine. There's a second walk-through cave which feels very tunnel like due to it's consistent shape and arched structure, I'm not sure of it's name but it runs parallel to the Forbidden Cave and was another great discovery. We did try to find a few others but the two walk-through caves were certainly the best. To the south of Lunan Bay, the imaginatively named Red Castle stands proudly, overlooking it's domain. Although there's not much of it left, the view alone is worth walking up the hill to see (it's a really short walk anyway). The final stop of the day was to the Powmouth Viaduct, which sits south-west of the station at Bridge Of Dun. The line here ran from Kinnaber Junction, skirted the top of Montrose, through Bridge of Dun, down to Friockheim, over to Forfar, across country to Coupar Angus, crossing the Tay at Cargill and eventually reaching Perth via Stanley Junction. Despite this route being a very fast and important one, it unfortunately fell victim of closure but due to the flat nature of much of the landscape it traversed, there are only a handful of interesting structures on the line. The Powmouth Viaduct has lost almost all of it's deck, with only the side plate remaining. The large metal panel has been turned 90° clockwise to make a narrow bridge across the River South Esk. Despite the narrow and haphazard way the bridge was built, you still get a feel for the original scale of the structure due to how wide the pillars are.
