Editing Ullapool (section)

==History==
On the east shore of [[Loch Broom]], Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a [[herring]] port by the [[British Fisheries Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |date=5 March 2013 |url=http://www.ullapool-harbour.co.uk/about-us/history/ |access-date=2 June 2014 |publisher=Ullapool Harbour Trust}}</ref> It was designed by [[Thomas Telford]]. Prior to 1788 the town was only an insignificant [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] made up of just over 20 households.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Ullapool |url=https://www.scottishaccommodationindex.com/ullapoolpics.htm |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> The harbour is used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. 

A road to link Ullapool with [[Dingwall]] was commenced in 1792.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=James |title=The finest road in the world: the story of travel and transport in the Scottish Highlands |date=2017 |publisher=Birlinn |isbn=978-1-78027-430-0 |location=Edinburgh}}</ref> The village was historically in [[Cromartyshire]], a county made up of many separate [[enclave]]s scattered across northern [[Ross-shire]]. Cromartyshire was abolished and combined with surrounding Ross-shire in 1890.

Many of the pivotal [[Victorian era]] discoveries{{example needed|date=August 2023}} that informed the concept of [[plate tectonics]] were made{{by whom|date=August 2023}} in this area. There are still{{when|date=August 2023}} regular international geological conferences{{example needed|date=August 2023}} held in Ullapool, which has been described as the top geological hotspot in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2016 |title=Dramatic Scottish coasts among top geology hotspots |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/dramatic-scottish-coasts-among-top-geology-hotspots-1-4156872 |publisher=[[The Scotsman]]}}</ref>

Parliament granted permission in the 1890s for a [[Garve and Ullapool Railway|railway from Ullapool]] to the main Highland network at [[Garve railway station]], but the scheme was abandoned due to insufficient funds.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The name is possibly derived from the [[Old Norse|Norse]] word for "wool farm" or "Ulli's farm".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iain Mac an Tàilleir |title=Placenames |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesP-Z.pdf |access-date=16 October 2018 |publisher=Scottish Parliament }}</ref>