Morefield

Morefield
Morefield
Morefield shown within the Highland council area
OS grid reference NH116639
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district IV26
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland

Morefield (A' Mhór-choille in Gaelic) is a small hamlet, lying on the northern shore of Loch Broom, 2 miles to the north of Ullapool and south of Rhue in Ross and Cromarty, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.

In some early documents[1] it is written as Morchyle.

Etymology

The English name is a corruption of the Gaelic meaning "the big wood".

References

  1. See, for example, the surveyor Peter May's 1755 map of the Barony of Coigach


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