Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar and Brechin: market and fishing towns on the east coast.
Stone-built and tightly packed in the old parts, with pends and closes rather than drives. The fishing towns have particularly narrow streets near the harbour.
Inland it is farm country with steadings and barns that hold more than the houses.
Confirmation, not probate
Scottish estates go through confirmation rather than probate. The document has a different name and a different shape, and an executor searching for English forms will not find what they need. It changes nothing about how we work: we invoice the executor, the solicitor or the estate, there is no deposit, and payment can come from the estate once it settles.