Fogo, Scottish Borders

Fogo
Fogo
 Fogo shown within the Scottish Borders
Population 161 (2001)
OS grid referenceNT7649
Civil parishFogo
Council areaScottish Borders
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Duns
Postcode district TD11
Dialling code 01360
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish ParliamentEttrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
List of places
UK
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Coordinates: 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.

Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Gavinton, the Greenknowe Tower, Greenlaw, Edrom, Eccles, Hume Castle, Leitholm, Longformacus, Polwarth, Swinton, and Westruther.

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