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.

• •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.