Carn Eighe
hill or mountain · Highland · 1183m
MunroMarilyn
GaelicAI-generated
The name means 'cairn of the ice' or 'icy cairn'. It likely refers to a cairn located in an area that remains icy for long periods, or one made of pale stone resembling ice.
Word origins
- Carn
- Gaeliccairn(from càrn "cairn, heap of stones")
- Eighe
- Gaelicice(from eigh "ice")