Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe has a subsidiary Top on this east ridge, listed in the Munros Tables, Sgùrr nan Spainteach (Peak of the Spaniards) (990 metres). The peak's unusual name derives from the Battle of Glen Shiel which took place on the southern slopes of the mountain in 1719. 300 Spanish troops fought a brave rearguard action in the battle on the side of the defeated Jacobite rebels and the peak was named by locals in their honour. The steep south west slopes of Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe have a large boulder lying on them known as Prince Charlie's Stone, this is where Bonnie Prince Charlie spent a red hot day in the summer of 1746 hiding from government troops. At the time he had a £30,000 bounty on his head after fleeing after the Battle of Culloden.