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The domain \(D\subset \mathbb{R}^d\) has a fractal boundary if the Hausdorff dimension \(\beta\) of \(\partial D\) is greater than \(d-1\). For such domains the author introduces and studies layer potentials. If \(D\) is a bounded \(C^{1, \alpha}\)-domain in \(\mathbb{R}^d\), then the double layer potential of \(g\in L^p (\partial D)\) is defined by \[ \phi g(x)= -\int_{\partial D} \bigl\langle \nabla_y N(x-y), n_y\bigr \rangle g(y)d \sigma (y), \] where \(N(x-y)\) is the Newton kernel and \(n_y\) is the unit outer normal to \(\partial D\). In the above expression the integral on the right hand side presents difficult problems when \(D\) is a domain with fractal boundary. In the present paper the author continues to study such layer potentials, which he began in [Potential theory, de Gruyter 1994, 463-471 (1996; Zbl 0854.31001)] under more general conditions. He establishes properties of such potentials in \(D\) and on \(\partial D\). In the final part of the paper he studies layer potentials of functions in a Besov space.