Fresgoe

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Fresgoe
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The harbour at Fresgoe
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Fresgoe
Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference NC957659
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district KW14 7
Dialling code Thurso
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
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UK
Scotland
58°34′10″N3°47′40″W / 58.569311°N 3.794453°W / 58.569311; -3.794453 Coordinates: 58°34′10″N3°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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