The Schil

Sitting right on the Anglo-Scottish border, this sharp-topped peak offers a rocky character often missing from the rounded Cheviot masses. Its summit tor provides a fine viewpoint over the College Valley. Part of the Pennine Way, it marks a rugged transition between the rolling border hills and the high plateau.

• •The name likely originates from the Old Northumbrian 'scylf', meaning a shelf or crag, which describes the distinctive rocky outcrops that break through the grass at the summit.
• •The border fence between England and Scotland runs directly across the peak, allowing walkers to stand in both nations simultaneously while taking in the view.
• •For Pennine Way walkers heading north, this is the final major summit of the 268-mile trail before the final descent into the village of Kirk Yetholm.
• •The summit offers a steep, dramatic perspective down the length of the College Valley, contrasted by the broad, domed shoulders of The Cheviot and Auchope Cairn to the south.
• •It misses out on being an official 2,000ft mountain by a mere thirteen feet, a technicality the hill ignores by being significantly more rugged than its taller, peat-covered neighbours.