Carn na Saobhaidh East Top

About Carn na Saobhaidh East Top

Rising above the Strathnairn valley south of Inverness, this Monadhliath summit sits within a landscape of rolling heather and peat hags. While the nearby Dunmaglass wind farm has changed the character of the approach, the top remains a tranquil spot with broad views towards the Great Glen and the high Monadhliath plateau.

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• •The name is derived from the Gaelic 'Càrn na Saobhaidh', which translates as the 'Cairn of the Fox’s Den', a reference to the rocky crevices often found in this remote moorland terrain.
• •This summit is the eastern shoulder of the higher Carn na Saobhaidh (658m), which sits just over a kilometre to the west across a shallow, peaty col.
• •From the summit, the view northwest looks directly across the Strathnairn valley toward Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, the prominent hill that dominates the western skyline of Loch Ness.
• •The approach to this hill has been significantly altered by the construction of the Dunmaglass Wind Farm; while the access tracks make for easier walking, they have largely replaced the old, pathless sense of isolation that once defined this area.
• •It is the kind of place where you are now more likely to encounter a maintenance technician in a 4x4 than a fellow hiker, though the foxes that gave the hill its name likely moved house when the turbines arrived.