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Carn Sgriòbhaich

hill or mountain · Highland · 547m

GaelicAI-generated

Carn Sgriòbhaich means 'hill of the scratching' or 'hill of the scraping'. This could refer to erosion or a place where animals scraped the ground.

Word origins

Carn
Gaelichill, cairn(from carn "heap of stones, cairn, hill")
Sgriòbhaich
Gaelicscratching, scraping(from sgriobach "scratching, scraping")