Morefield
Morefield Gaelic: A Mhór-choille | |
Cromartyshire | |
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Location | |
Grid reference: | NH116639 |
Location: | 57°54’40"N, 5°10’50"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Ullapool |
Postcode: | IV26 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Highland |
Morefield is a small hamlet in Cromartyshire, lying on the northern shore of Loch Broom. It is located two miles to the north of Ullapool and south of Rhue.
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
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