23 Sep
Sun Tunnel
Inverness - IV2
Enquiry from: Christine K
Start Date: Immediate
Would like someone to supply and fit a velum sun tunnel in my bungalow
Avoch
Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a garrison built on the site and functioned as a royal castle to William the Lion; handed down to the Morays of Petty then 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 village was founded by survivors of the Spanish Armada. Avoch was in the control of David Chalmers, Lord Ormond from 1560/61 but he forfeited his castle and 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 then passed to Andrew Munro of Milntown. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian traveler Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to explore the great Canadian river currently known as the Mackenzie River, going across The United States and Canada two times, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and also Pacific Ocean in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 and also was buried in the old Avoch Parish churchyard. Avoch was the location of Rosehaugh (Pittanochtie) House, an imposing mansion house up until it was demolished in 1959. A significant residence existed on this site given that 1790. Craigie Well at Avoch on the Black Island has offerings of both coins as well as clouties. Cloths, woollen as well as human hair were also utilized as beauties versus sorcery, and also as tokens of penenace and fulfilment of an oath (Sharp 1998). Much of Avoch's wide range has actually come from its angling industry, and it remains a significant contributor to the town economy, with a number of large angling watercrafts possessed or crewed from Avoch as well as an active fishermen's co-operative based there. The harbour is no more made use of by the bigger boats for touchdown yet is utilized by recreation craft and also boats taking site visitors to see the dolphins in the internal Moray Firth at Chanonry Point. Along with the fishing sector, travelling to Inverness as well as tourism offer income to the village. Lazy Corner, named for the youngsters that collected there to pass the time, has actually been relocated by the road widening in the Eighties, as well as beautified by a sculpture meant to add personality to the town. It is still a gathering place.
