Fresgoe

Fresgoe
Caithness
The harbour at Fresgoe
Location
Grid reference:	NC957659
Location:	58°34’10"N, 3°47’40"W
Data
Postcode:	KW14
Local Government
Council:	Highland
Parliamentary constituency:	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Fresgoe is the main harbour for the village of Reay, overlooking Sandside Bay in Caithness. 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.

Of the main features in Fresgoe's history was the Fresgoe Inn (now called Fresgoe House); this was at the harbour and was used by ship’s crews, often French and Dutch. The Inn was long run by Mary Moss, a French girl who married William Campbell, a Reay man who had been away fighting at the battle of Waterloo. Mary Moss was known as a good hostess, speaking fluent French and English.