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Avoch
Avoch is a harbour-village situated on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a fortress built on the site and served as an imperial 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 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 also control of Avoch in 1568 when he was banished because of his part in helping the retreat of Mary Queen of Scots. The castle as well as village then passed to Andrew Munro of Milntown. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the initial European to discover the wonderful Canadian river currently referred to as the Mackenzie River, going across North America twice, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and also Pacific Sea in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 and also was hidden in the old Avoch Church cemetery. Avoch was the place of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) Residence, an imposing mansion house up until it was knocked down in 1959. A considerable house fed on this site considering that 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins as well as clouties. Rags, wool as well as human hair were likewise used as charms against sorcery, and as symbols of penenace as well as fulfilment of a vow (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's riches has come from its angling market, and it stays a considerable factor to the village economy, with a number of large fishing watercrafts had or crewed from Avoch and an active anglers's co-operative based there. The harbour is no more utilized by the bigger boats for touchdown but is utilized by leisure craft and watercrafts taking site visitors to see the dolphins in the internal Moray Firth at Chanonry Factor. In addition to the angling sector, travelling to Inverness and tourist provide income to the town. Lazy Corner, called for the young people who collected there to kill time, has actually been moved by the road widening in the Eighties, as well as beautified by a sculpture planned to add character to the village. It is still a meeting place.
