Staxigoe
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Location within the Caithness area | |
Population | 120 |
OS grid reference | ND382523 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Wick |
Postcode district | KW1 4 |
Dialling code | 01955 60 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Staxigoe is a former fishing village, located 2 miles east of Wick on the north-eastern coast of the former county of Caithness, Scottish Highlands[1] and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name derives from Norse, "the inlet of the stack". It was once the largest herring salting station in Europe,[2] but its fishing industry went into decline with the construction of a larger port in central Wick.