Morefield
Morefield
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Morefield Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
OS grid reference | NH116639 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | |
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
Categories:
- Populated places in Ross and Cromarty
- Hamlets in Scotland
- Highland geography stubs