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Fresgoe

Coordinates: 58°34′10″N 3°47′40″W / 58.569311°N 3.794453°W / 58.569311; -3.794453
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Fresgoe
The harbour at Fresgoe
Fresgoe is located in Caithness
Fresgoe
Fresgoe
Location within the Caithness area
OS grid referenceNC957659
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtKW14 7
Dialling codeThurso
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
List of places
UK
Scotland
58°34′10″N 3°47′40″W / 58.569311°N 3.794453°W / 58.569311; -3.794453

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, primarily to encourage fishing and was also used on the north coast trading route.

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