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

Fogo
Fogo
Location within the Scottish Borders
Population161 (2001)
OS grid referenceNT7649
Civil parish
  • Fogo
Council area
  • Scottish Borders
Lieutenancy area
  • Berwickshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDuns
Postcode districtTD11
Dialling code01360
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament
  • Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
List of places
UK
Scotland
55.7318°N 2.3008°W / 55.7318; -2.3008

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.


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