Scotland
Pikethaw Hill
564M
1850FT
About Pikethaw Hill
Tucked away in the quiet Roxburgh hills near Teviothead, this rounded, grassy Marilyn offers a classic Southern Uplands experience. Often climbed alongside the higher Cauldcleuch Head, the terrain is typically soft underfoot, rewarded at the summit by a lonely sense of scale and views reaching across the Borders towards Kielder Forest.
Key Statistics
Rank
152nd Highest in Region
Parent Range
Southern Uplands
Prominence
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226m
Nearest Town
Fiddleton
Geology
Pikethaw Hill sits on ancient volcanic rock and layers of hardened sand and mudstone that were once buried deep beneath the ocean.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NY369977
Latitude
55.2700°N
Longitude
2.9936°W
Did You Know?
- •The name likely derives from the Scots 'Pike', denoting a prominent hill, combined with 'thaw', which in local dialect traditionally referred to a specific spot where snow either lingered or melted away first.
- •Hillwalkers usually approach from Teviothead to the north, often pairing Pikethaw with its neighbour Cauldcleuch Head, which is the highest point in the historic county of Roxburghshire.
- •The summit provides an excellent vantage point for viewing the remote headwaters of the River Teviot and the sprawling, dark horizons of the Kielder Forest across the English border.
- •While it holds the status of a Marilyn, the climb is less about dramatic rock and more about navigating the classic, occasionally testing peat hags and soft mosses characteristic of the Borders.