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Carn Fraoich

hill or mountain · Highland · 765m

GaelicAI-generated

Carn Fraoich is a Gaelic name for a hill, likely meaning 'heather hill' or 'hill of the heather'. 'Carn' refers to a heap of stones or a hill, and 'fraoich' is the genitive singular of 'fraoch', meaning heather.

Word origins

Carn
Gaelicheap of stones, cairn, hill(from carn "heap of stones, cairn, hill")
Fraoich
Gaelicof the heather(from fraoch "heather")