Morefield

Morefield

Morefield

Human settlement in Scotland

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    See, for example, the surveyor Peter May's 1755 map of the Barony of Coigach


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