A Ross & Cromarty County Council mobile library at #Avoch in 1978
[source: HLH Libraries]
Children dressed up to participate in the #Avoch Gala, mid-1950s
[photo: Jimmy Nairn; source: Highland Photographic Archive]
High Street, #Avoch, late-1960s. The Narobi Cafe had been opened by James Sutherland citrca 1965. He had spent 40 years working in Nairobi as a painter and decorator before returning home to Avoch
[photo: Ken MacKenzie / Highland Council]
A row of whitewashed cottages are lit by the rising sun in Avoch, Black Isle, Scottish Highlands
A bright sun lights a row of traditional fishermens' cottages in Avoch, Black Isle, Scottish Highlands
#photography #urban #traditional #landscape #visitscotland #scottishhighlands #Avoch #blackisle #EastCoastKin
The Black Isle village of Avoch in the Scottish Highlands, with historic Ormond Hill to the left hand side, as the late-afternoon sun sinks lower
#photography #landscape #visitscotland #scottishhighlands #scotland #Avoch #EastCoastKin #Nikon
Rosehaugh Estate, Avoch One-Place Study. Image: Extract from a 1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey map centred on a lake in the grounds of Rosehaugh House. The land to the North of the house is mainly wooded, there is another lake to the West, and to the South is Rosehaugh Mains, farmland, and a road. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
For #MapMonday here's some Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale mapping showing the subject of David Jack's #OnePlaceStudy: the #Rosehaugh Estate, #Avoch, in #Scotland. David has contributed lots of info for the OPS profile page on our website: one-place-studies.org/rosehaugh-es...
Rosehaugh Estate, Avoch One-Place Study. Image: Extract from a 1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey map centred on a lake in the grounds of Rosehaugh House. The land to the North of the house is mainly wooded, there is another lake to the West, and to the South is Rosehaugh Mains, farmland, and a road. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Our recent blog post announcing that 22 #OnePlaceStudies in Scotland are registered with us is out of date already! The subject of Scottish OPS #23 is the #Rosehaugh Estate, #Avoch and OPSer David Jack has contributed lots of info for its profile page: www.one-place-studies.org/rosehaugh-es...