Avoch
Sign in to savethumb|Avoch harbour thumb|Looking back east to Avoch from the harbour Avoch ( ; from the – meaning mouth of the stream) is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth.
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Place details
- Locality
- Avoch
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 990
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Avoch
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Abhach
- UK place.static_image_name
- Avoch from Ormond Hill - geograph.org.uk - 8155326.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Avoch viewed from Ormond Hill
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NH699553
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ross, Skye and Lochaber
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
- UK place.post_town
- AVOCH
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1020
- Image
- Avoch from Ormond Hill - geograph.org.uk - 8155326.jpg
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- P7959
- Ross-shire
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Estate owners
- Pittonachy, Rosehaugh and Scatwell
- Royston
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie
- Industry
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Avoch harbour thumb|Looking back east to Avoch from the harbour Avoch ( ; from the – meaning mouth of the stream) is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth.
==History== ===Origins=== Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a stronghold built on the site and served 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. Descendants 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 in 1588.