INVERALLOCHY, a village, in the parish of RaTHEN,
district of Deer, county of Aberdeen, 4 miles
(E. S. E.) from Fraserburgh; containing 507 inhabitants.
This village is situated on the north-eastern shore
of the parish, a short distance eastward from Cairnbulg
Point, and nearly adjoining the fishing-town of Cairnbulg.
The male population consists chiefly of fishermen, who
with their families remove in the summer season to
Fraserburgh, where they assist in the herring-fishery of
that place. On the shore here is an abundance of seaweed,
which is largely used in manuring the neighbouring
lands. Until of late, kelp was manufactured to some
extent; the reduced value of the article, however, has
led almost to the abandonment of its manufacture. The
castle of Inverallochy, now in ruins, appears to have
been a place of considerable strength; it was anciently
the property of the Cumyns, Earls of Buchan. There is
a place of worship for members of the Free Church.