Avoch is a Village in the county of Highland.

Avoch postcode: IV9 8PX

Retail in Avoch

There are great places to visit near Avoch including some great towns, mountains and lakes.

The area close to Avoch boasts some of the best towns including Fort William.

The area close to Avoch boasts some of the best mountains including Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis).

Loch Linnhe is one of Avoch's best, nearby lakes to visit in Avoch.

Avoch History

There are some historic monuments around Avoch:

• Upperwood,cairn 165m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4711
• James's Temple,dun 400m N of Culnacraigh Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM4562
• Callachy Hill,cairn 450m NE of Flowerburn House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4561
• Milton of Clava, cairn 215m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM13650
• Culnacraigh,hut circle 450m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM4607
• Blackhill, pit circles 300m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit circle SM11427
• Balloch of Culloden,enclosure 1050m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5008
• Allanfearn,barrows 300m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM4993
• Creag a Chaisteil,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM4677
• Craigiehowe Wood,enclosed cremation cemetery Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosed cremation cemetery SM3082
• Arkendeith Tower Secular: tower SM5531
• St Duthac's Church, Easter Suddie Ecclesiastical: church SM5571
• Glenurquhart,long cairn 800m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4671
• Remains of Cromwell's Fort, bastion west of Lotland Place, Inverness Secular: fort (non-prehistoric) SM953
• Craigie Howe,hut circle 360m ENE of The Kennels Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5076
• Ballaggan, mound 420m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM11900
• Lower Cullernie,ring-ditch 750m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM5201
• Cnoc nan Craiseag,cairn,Mount Eagle Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3130
• Fortrose Cathedral Crosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: cathedral SM90147
• Culdoich, ring cairn 490m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: ring cairn SM3091
• Morayston, palisaded enclosure 1km SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM5298
• Craig Phadrig,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2892
• Ord Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2499
• Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay Industrial: inland water SM5292
• Milton,ring-ditch 320m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM6001
• Cnoc nan Taibhsean,cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2969
• Newton of Petty,chambered cairn & stone circle 1000m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM3745
• Balmachree,enclosures 500m & 750m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5025
• Woodhead,chambered cairn 350m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM4566
• Bogallan Wood, cairn 105m SW of The Croft Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3121
• Kilmuir Old Parish Church Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum SM5466
• Belmaduthy,chambered cairn 410m SW of Belmaduthy Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM4613
• Blackhill, palisaded enclosure 260m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM11428
• Milton of Clava, chapel and standing stone 255m SSW of Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM13652
• Culchunaig, cairn and standing stone 300m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3070
• Ormond Castle Secular: castle SM4740
• Wester Brae,hut circles & field system Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4773
• Isle View,ring cairn 125m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: ring cairn SM5021
• Inverness, site of Dominican friary and effigy of a knight, Friars' Street Ecclesiastical: friary SM6402
• Grey Cairn,cairn & long cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4672
• Culloden Battlefield, Graves of the Clans, Cairn and Well of the Dead Secular: Culloden monuments SM967
• Glebe Cottage, motte 30m NNE of Secular: motte SM3141
• Woodhead,long cairn 600m ESE of Woodhead Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4568
• Newton of Petty, prehistoric settlement 350m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11835
• Ashton Farm Cottages, ring ditch 415m SW and pit circles 460m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM11535
• Wester Brae,long cairn 650m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4559
• Cullicudden, church and burial ground Crosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM13346
• Easter Brae,long cairn & cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2457
• Clava Cairns, cairns 70m, 170m NE of and 210m, 460m ENE of, barrow 270m NE of, anstone 395m Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM90074
• Lower Cullernie, settlement 415m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11429