Avoch harbour on the Moray Firth offers dolphin watching boat trips. SCO 8271
Avoch was the location of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) House, perhaps the most magnificent mansion house in the Scottish Highlands until it was demolished in the 1959. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Isle has offerings of both coins and clouties. Rags, wool and human hair were also used as charms against sorcery, and as tokens of penenace and fulfilment of a vow (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's wealth once came from its fishing industry, which in modern times has decreased with Cromarty taking most of the business. Wildlife-watching boat trips still run, taking visitors to see the dolphins in the inner Moray Firth at Chanonry Point. Tourists now provide much of the village's is also Lazy Corner; a very artistic bus shelter which gives character to the village.
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Location: Avoch, Black Isle, Easter Ross. Highland Region. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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