Fogo is a village in the county of
Berwickshire
Berwickshire (; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. The county takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, its original county town, which was part of Scotland at the ...
, in the
Borders of
Scotland
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, 3 miles south of
Duns, on the
Blackadder Water
Blackadder Water () is a river in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, forming part of the River Tweed system. It reached 2.84m at Mouthbridge, which was its highest level ever recorded on Tuesday 22 October 2002 at 2:45pm.
Ety ...
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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
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; the bridge, a single span, round-arched bridge spanning Blackadder Water and the church, founded c.1100 and rebuilt in 1755.
Other places nearby include the
Crosshall cross,
Gavinton, the
Greenknowe Tower,
Greenlaw,
Edrom,
Eccles,
Hume Castle,
Leitholm,
Longformacus,
Polwarth,
Swinton, and
Westruther.
See also
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Fogo Priory,
Prior of Fogo
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List of places in the Scottish Borders
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References
External links
Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of FogoRCAHMS/Canmore record for Fogo BridgeBBC: Coat of arms of Gavinton, Fogo and Polwarth explainedAncestor research at Fogo Parish Churchyard, Berwickshire
Villages in the Scottish Borders
Parishes in Berwickshire
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