Fogo, Scottish Borders

Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland

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55°43′54″N 2°18′03″W / 55.7318°N 2.3008°W / 55.7318; -2.3008

Fogo is a village in the county of Berwickshire, in the Borders of Scotland, 3 miles south of Duns, on the Blackadder Water.

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Fogo Bridge (Category A Listed Building) (LB10513)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Fogo Kirk, Church of Scotland, including Inner and Outer Graveyards, Boundary Walls and Lych Gate (Category A Listed Building) (LB10512)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fogo, Scottish Borders.
  • Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Fogo
  • RCAHMS/Canmore record for Fogo Bridge
  • Scottish Borders Council: Fogo Nursery at Fogo Old School
  • BBC: Coat of arms of Gavinton, Fogo and Polwarth explained
  • GENUKI: Fogo
  • Ancestor research at Fogo Parish Churchyard, Berwickshire
  • History of Fogo Kirk
  • Old Roads of Scotland: Fogo


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