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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.

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Fresgoe
The harbour at Fresgoe
Fresgoe
Location within the Caithness area
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CountryScotland
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Postcode districtKW14 7
Dialling codeThurso
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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 £3000,1 primarily to encourage fishing and was also used on the north coast trading route.

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  1. Groome, Francis (1885). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Thomas C. Jack. Retrieved 21 February 2025.