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Morefield

Coordinates: 57°54′40″N 5°10′50″W / 57.911169°N 5.18068°W / 57.911169; -5.18068
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Morefield
Morefield is located in Ross and Cromarty
Morefield
Morefield
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNH116639
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV26
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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.[1]

In some early documents[2] it is written as Morchyle.

Etymology

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The English name is a corruption of the Gaelic meaning "the big wood".

References

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