Morefield

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]

Morefield Scottish Gaelic: A Mhór-choille
Morefield Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid reference	NH116639
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	IV26
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 57.911169°N 5.18068°W / 57.911169; -5.18068

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. 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