Carn Eitidh

This modest summit sits on the forested edge of the Great Glen, east of Loch Ness near Invermoriston. Rising to 508 metres, it occupies quiet ground above the valley floor, largely cloaked in commercial plantation. The summit itself offers limited prospects, though clearings provide glimpses across to the hills flanking the glen.

• •The name Carn Eitidh derives from Scottish Gaelic, with 'carn' meaning a pile of stones or rocky hill, though the second element 'eitidh' remains obscure and may refer to a personal name or local feature now lost to memory.
• •The hill's position on the eastern flank of the Great Glen places it within one of Scotland's most significant geological fault lines, a natural corridor that has shaped both landscape and human movement for millennia.
• •As a Dodd, Carn Eitidh qualifies among Scotland's hills between 500 and 599 metres with sufficient prominence, a classification that groups it with several hundred other modest summits across the Highlands.