HAVEN-EAST, a village, in the parish of Panbride,
county of Forfar, 4{ miles (S. W.) from Arbroath;
containing 145 inhabitants. This place derives its affix
East from its relative situation with respect to another
village, about a mile distant, and also on the sea-coast.
It is neatly built, and is inhabited chiefly by persons
engaged in the fishery, and in the trades requisite for
the supply of the immediate neighbourhood. The fish
taken are lobsters, cod, haddocks, and other kinds, which
are found in abundance off this part of the coast, and
are sent to Dundee and other places in the vicinity, and
to the London market. Great quantities of lobsters are
forwarded to London.beingkept alive during the passage
by the free admission of sea- water into wells constructed
for that purpose. The cod and haddocks are sold fresh
at Dundee, and markets in the vicinity; and after the
supply of the neighbourhood, many are salted, and exported
to distant places. Three boats are employed in
the fishery: the season for the lobster-fishing commences
in the beginning of February, and usually terminates
about the end of May. A considerable trade, also, is
carried on here, during the summer, in the importation
of coal and lime; and there are four vessels belonging
to this place and West Haven, varying in burthen from
about fifty to seventy tons. The village has no properly
constructed harbour, but merely an open cove or landingplace,
accessible to vessels of eighty tons; so that, from
the want of shelter, the trade is entirely discontinued
during the winter. Facility of intercourse is afforded
by the turnpike-road from Dundee to Arbroath, and by
the Dundee and Arbroath railway, which has an intermediate
station at East Haven, a handsome structure in
the Elizabethan style, furnished with every requisite accommodation.