Avoch is a harbour-village situated on the south-east coastline of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a fortress improved the site and also worked as a royal castle to William the Lion; passed on to the Morays of Petty then Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his marriage to Joanna de Moravia in 1362. Offspring of Archibald, were to take the title of Earl of Ormonde from the castle. Legend has it that the village was founded by survivors of the Spanish Armada. Avoch was in the control of David Chalmers, Lord Ormond from 1560/61 however he forfeited his castle and control of Avoch in 1568 when he was ousted because of his part in aiding the retreat of Mary Queen of Scots. The castle and also village after that passed to Andrew Munro of Milntown. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian traveler Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the initial European to check out the terrific Canadian river currently called the Mackenzie River, crossing North America twice, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and Pacific Sea in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 as well as was hidden in the old Avoch Parish churchyard. Avoch was the area of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) Home, an enforcing mansion house up until it was demolished in 1959. A substantial home fed on this site because 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins and also clouties. Rags, wool as well as human hair were additionally used as appeals versus sorcery, and also as tokens of penenace as well as fulfilment of a vow (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's wealth has actually come from its fishing industry, and also it continues to be a substantial contributor to the village economic climate, with numerous huge fishing watercrafts owned or crewed from Avoch as well as an active fishermen's co-operative based there. The harbour is no more utilized by the bigger boats for touchdown but is used by recreation craft and also watercrafts taking visitors to see the dolphins in the internal Moray Firth at Chanonry Point. Along with the angling market, travelling to Inverness and also tourism offer revenue to the village. Lazy Corner, named for the young people who gathered there to waste time, has been moved by the road widening in the Eighties, as well as beautified by a sculpture meant to include personality to the village. It is still a meeting place.