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'.

It is also suggested that Freswick stemms from 'Frisians' wick',[3] similar to the toponyms Vreeswijk and Friezenwijk[4] in the Netherlands.

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.