Morefield

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Morefield
Gaelic: A Mhór-choille
Cromartyshire
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

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

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