Morefield
Morefield
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  Morefield Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH116639 |
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| 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.[1]
In some early documents[2] it is written as Morchyle.
Etymology
The English name is a corruption of the Gaelic meaning "the big wood".
References
- ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Morefield". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ See, for example, the surveyor Peter May's 1755 map of the Barony of Coigach