Morefield

Morefield
Scottish Gaelic: A Mhór-choille
Morefield
 Morefield shown within the Highland council area
OS grid referenceNH116639
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district IV26
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
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UK
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Coordinates: 57°54′40″N 5°10′50″W / 57.911169°N 5.18068°W / 57.911169; -5.18068

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

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


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