Carlin Tooth

A modest summit in the Scottish Cheviots, rising to 551 metres on the border hills between England and Scotland. The rounded terrain is typical of this rolling upland, with grassy slopes and open moorland. Its classification as a Dodd reflects its place among the region's less-visited but quietly rewarding tops.

• •The name 'Carlin' likely derives from the Scots word for an old woman or witch, linked to ancient folklore of the Cailleach—the hag-goddess of winter who shaped the landscape by dropping stones from her apron.
• •Despite its modest height, Carlin Tooth sits within one of the most thinly populated regions of Britain, where the Cheviot plateau stretches across the international border with barely a road or settlement in sight.
• •The summit lies close to the watershed of the Border Ridge, where streams flow either northeast to the Tweed or south into England's North Tyne catchment.