Avoch (pronounced A'ach) has a long history and is noted for its former
fishing heritage. Much of the seatown area of the village still shows the fishermen's cottages and narrow streets, where once the fishing boats were hauled up to shelter them from storms.Visit the harbour - built in 1814 by Sir
Alexander Mackenzie (noted for his travels in Canada, and after whom the Mackenzie River is named), and designed by Thomas Telford.
Seatown area - the streets are believed to have been named after former landlords and their families
The Dock - so named because local fishermen drew their boats up on the beach on the seafront before the harbour was built
Henrietta Bridge - near to ths was the former piggery, built in
1850 by Mr J D Fletcher (of Rosehaugh House) to provide an area for local villagers to keep their pigs - prior to this they were kept in villagers' back yards - not considered to be very hygienic.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie's grave - in the old cemetery in the Parish Church
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