Inverallochy

The village of Inverallochy (Gaelic: Inbhir Aileachaidh) can be found 3 and a half miles East of Fraserburgh, in North East Scotland. Its origins can be traced back to the 1200s with well established fishing communities residing there by the 1500s. After an epidemic of cholera in the 1860s wiped out the "collections of huts next to which fishing boats were dragged out of reach of the tide". It was after this that plans were made to create Inverallochy and the twinned village Cairnbulg and St Combs, just a mile south.

The last recorded population for Invercairn (the name given by locals to their inseparable villages) was 1,197 in 2001 and it is most renowned for its 18-hole links golf course, which looks out over the North Sea from every hole. Although it can be described as "short" at 5149 yards, it is considered a "challenge for any level of golfer" due to dependency on the wind direction and strength.

People may visit Inverallochy to see "Maggies Hoosie", a 19th-century fisher-wifey's cottage. It features "old-timely" streets with higgilty piggilty paths, beaches and Cairnbulg harbour, built in the 1920s using World War 2 tank traps as building blocks.

Inverallochy School was established in 1841 as a 36 x 20 feet building that seated 88 scholars. Increased attendance demanded further funding in 1866 to seat 130 scholars and 240 in 1872. It finally reopened in 1965 after a substantial extension to include 8 new classrooms, general purpose room, a school meal scullery, an assembly hall/gymnasium and art room. The 8 old classrooms were turned into a homecraft rooms with housewifery area, science rooms and library.

External links

• Online Guide to Invercairn
• Invercairn Gala
• Web Historian site for the Fishing Villages of the North East

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Coordinates: 57°40′N, 1°55′W

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