Freswick | |
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Remains of Buchollie Castle | |
Location within the
Caithness area | |
OS grid reference | ND3667 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Freswick ( /ˈfrɛzɪk/ FREZZ-ik [1]) or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [2] The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick.
The name Freswick probably originates from the Old Norwegian Frøysvík meaning ' Freyr's bay'. Current Fresvik is a village in Norway. It is also suggested that Freswick stemms from 'Frisians' wick', [3] similar to the toponyms Vreeswijk and Friezenwijk [4] in the Netherlands. There is a connection with former Frisia and Freswick concerning early-medieval brooches that have been found. A fragments of Viking-Age fibula, so-called penannular brooch type, found at Freswick by Bremner in 1939 has similarities to a fibula fragment found at the hamlet of Hallumerhoek, province Friesland in the Netherlands. [5]
Freswick | |
---|---|
Remains of Buchollie Castle | |
Location within the
Caithness area | |
OS grid reference | ND3667 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Freswick ( /ˈfrɛzɪk/ FREZZ-ik [1]) or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [2] The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick.
The name Freswick probably originates from the Old Norwegian Frøysvík meaning ' Freyr's bay'. Current Fresvik is a village in Norway. It is also suggested that Freswick stemms from 'Frisians' wick', [3] similar to the toponyms Vreeswijk and Friezenwijk [4] in the Netherlands. There is a connection with former Frisia and Freswick concerning early-medieval brooches that have been found. A fragments of Viking-Age fibula, so-called penannular brooch type, found at Freswick by Bremner in 1939 has similarities to a fibula fragment found at the hamlet of Hallumerhoek, province Friesland in the Netherlands. [5]