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Avoch
Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east shore of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a fortress improved the site as well as worked as a royal castle to William the Lion; handed down to the Morays of Petty then Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his marriage to Joanna de Moravia in 1362. Descendants of Archibald, were to take the title of Earl of Ormonde from the castle. Tale has it that the town was founded by survivors of the Spanish Armada. Avoch remained in the control of David Chalmers, Lord Ormond from 1560/61 however he waived his castle as well as control of Avoch in 1568 when he was ousted as a result of his part in assisting the getaway of Mary Queen of Scots. The castle and village after that passed to Andrew Munro of Milntown. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian traveler Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the very first European to discover the wonderful Canadian river now called the Mackenzie River, crossing The United States and Canada two times, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and also Pacific Ocean in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he passed away in 1820 and was buried in the old Avoch Parish cemetery. Avoch was the location of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) House, an imposing mansion house till it was knocked down in 1959. A considerable home fed on this site because 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins and also clouties. Cloths, woollen as well as human hair were likewise made use of as appeals against sorcery, and as tokens of penenace and fulfilment of an oath (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's wealth has actually come from its fishing market, and it continues to be a significant contributor to the village economic climate, with several large fishing watercrafts owned or crewed from Avoch and also an energetic fishermen's co-operative based there. The harbour is no more used by the larger boats for landing however is made use of by recreation craft as well as boats taking visitors to see the dolphins in the internal Moray Firth at Chanonry Point. In addition to the angling sector, travelling to Inverness and tourism offer income to the village. Lazy Corner, named for the youngsters that gathered there to waste time, has been relocated by the roadway widening in the Eighties, as well as fixed up by a sculpture meant to add character to the village. It is still a gathering place.