Morefield
Appearance
Morefield
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OS grid reference | NH116639 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | IV26 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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
- ^ See, for example, the surveyor Peter May's 1755 map of the Barony of Coigach