Fresgoe
Fresgoe is the main harbour for the village of Reay, overlooking Sandside Bay in Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. It was built in the early 1830s, by a Major William Innes at a cost of £3000, primarily to encourage fishing and was also used on the north coast trading route.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dounreay Castle and RAF Dounreay.
Dounreay Castle
Ruins
Dounreay Castle is a ruined 16th-century L-plan… Dounreay Castle is situated 2 miles east of Fresgoe.
RAF Dounreay
Historic site
Was an airfield in Dounreay, UK that opened in April 1944. RAF Dounreay is situated 2½ miles east of Fresgoe.
Dounreay
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reay and Achvarasdal.
Achvarasdal
Hamlet
Melvich
Village
Fresgoe
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.56891° or 58° 34′ 8″ north
Longitude
-3.79599° or 3° 47′ 46″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
9CCRH693+HJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Fresgoe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fresgoe”
- Dutch: “Fresgoe”
- Irish: “Fresgoe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fresgoe”
- Urdu: “فرسگو”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sandside Harbour and New Reay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Dun site and Reay Cemetery.
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