Carn Mairi

A modest peak in the wild country west of Loch Ness, rising to 514 metres above Glen Moriston. The summit sits in remote, rough terrain typical of the West Highlands, offering a genuine sense of isolation. Classified as both a Dodd and a Tump, it rewards those willing to venture beyond more popular routes with solitude and expansive westward views towards Kintail.

• •The name Carn Mairi derives from Scottish Gaelic, combining 'càrn' meaning cairn or rocky hill with 'Mairi', the Gaelic form of Mary, suggesting either a dedication to the Virgin Mary or a person's name commemorated in this remote landscape.
• •The hill sits in the traditional territory of Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, whose lands stretched from Loch Ness westward to Knoydart, and who controlled much of the surrounding country for centuries.
• •Its position near the watershed between Glen Moriston and Glen Affric places it in some of the remotest terrain in the southern Highlands, with few maintained paths and little human traffic beyond stalking season.