Fogo, Scottish Borders
Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fogo is a village in the county of Berwickshire, in the Borders of Scotland, 3 miles south of Duns, on the Blackadder Water.
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Fogo | |
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Location within the Scottish Borders | |
Population | 161 (2001) |
OS grid reference | NT7649 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Duns |
Postcode district | TD11 |
Dialling code | 01360 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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55.7318°N 2.3008°W / 55.7318; -2.3008 |
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The name Fogo means "foggage pit, den or hollow" as well as a portmanteau of fog and hollow.
The village contains two Category A listed buildings; the bridge, a single span, round-arched bridge spanning Blackadder Water[1] and the church, founded c.1100 and rebuilt in 1755.[2]
Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Gavinton, the Greenknowe Tower, Greenlaw, Edrom, Eccles, Hume Castle, Leitholm, Longformacus, Polwarth, Swinton, and Westruther.