Topic summary
Carn Eige
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Càrn Eighe.
Name
The name "Carn Eighe", formerly spelled "Carn Eige" on Ordnance Survey maps, comes from Scottish Gaelic and has been interpreted as meaning "file peak" or "notch hill". However, according to Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba, the original Gaelic name is Càrn Èite.