Morefield Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Morefield
Gaelic Name:A Mhór-choille
Static Image:File:Morefield - geograph.org.uk - 233922.jpg
Os Grid Reference:NH116639
Map Type:Ross and Cromarty
Coordinates:57.9112°N -5.1807°W
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Postcode District:IV26
Postcode Area:IV,

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".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Morefield . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 10 January 2020.
  2. See, for example, the surveyor Peter May's 1755 map of the Barony of Coigach