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Avoch
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 built on the site as well as served as a royal castle to William the Lion; handed down to the Morays of Petty after that Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his marital relationship 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 yet he forfeited his castle and also control of Avoch in 1568 when he was ousted due to 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 very first European to discover the fantastic Canadian river now referred to as the Mackenzie River, going across The United States and Canada two times, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and also Pacific Sea in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 as well as was buried in the old Avoch Church churchyard. Avoch was the area of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) House, an imposing mansion house until it was destroyed in 1959. A considerable house existed on this site considering that 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins and also clouties. Cloths, wool and also human hair were likewise used as appeals against sorcery, and also as symbols of penenace and also fulfilment of an oath (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's wealth has come from its fishing sector, as well as it stays a significant factor to the town economic climate, with numerous huge fishing boats had or crewed from Avoch and also an energetic fishermen's co-operative based there. The harbour is no longer utilized by the larger boats for landing however is used by leisure craft and boats taking visitors to see the dolphins in the inner Moray Firth at Chanonry Factor. Along with the angling sector, commuting to Inverness and tourism supply income to the village. Lazy Corner, named for the young people that gathered there to waste time, has been moved by the roadway widening in the Eighties, and also beautified by a sculpture intended to include personality to the town. It is still a meeting place.
