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Carlops
Scottish Gaelic: *Leum na Caillich*
Carlops Scottish Gaelic: Leum na Caillich;
	The Carlins Lowp
	Carlops Location within the Scottish Borders
OS grid reference	NT162561
Council area	Scottish Borders;
Lieutenancy area	Tweeddale;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENICUIK
Postcode district	EH26
Dialling code	01968
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale;
Scottish Parliament	Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°47′N 3°20′W / 55.79°N 3.34°W

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Carlops (Scottish Gaelic: Leum na Caillich) is a small village in the Pentland Hills, within the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, close to the boundary with Midlothian. It lies between West Linton and Penicuik.

The village was founded in 1784 and developed cotton weaving, coalmining and limestone mining.

The name derives from the Scots "Carlins Lowp" (English: "Witches' Leap"), since near the south of the village there are two exposed rock faces about 20 m (66 ft) high facing each other, with a similar distance between them. Folklore maintained that witches would leap from one face to the other, over the chasm, for entertainment of an evening.

Notable residents[edit]

C. T. R. Wilson (1869–1959), winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1927, retired to Carlops and died there in 1959.
Dr Archibald "Archie" Lamont FRSE FGS (21 October 1907 – 16 March 1985), Scottish geologist, palaeontologist, Scottish Nationalist, writer, poet and politician, retired to Carlops and lived in Jess Cottage.

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+{{Infobox UK place
-[[File:The Carlins Loup, Carlops.jpg|thumb|The Carlins Lowp]]
+| country                          = Scotland
-'''Carlops''' ({{lang-gd|Leum na Caillich}}) is a small [[village]] in the [[Pentland Hills]], within the [[Scottish Borders]] area of [[Scotland]], close to the boundary with [[Midlothian]].
+| official_name                    = Carlops
+| scots_name                       =
+| gaelic_name                      = Leum na Caillich
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+| static_image_caption             = The Carlins Lowp
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+| static_image_2_caption           =
+| area_total_km2                   =
+| area_footnotes                   =
+| population                       =
+| population_ref                   =
+| os_grid_reference                = NT162561
+| edinburgh_distance_mi            =
+| london_distance_mi               =
+| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.79|-3.34|display=inline,title}}
+| unitary_scotland                 = [[Scottish Borders]]
+| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Tweeddale]]
+| constituency_westminster         = [[Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale]]
+| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.]]
+| post_town                        = PENICUIK
+| postcode_district                = EH26
+| postcode_area                    = EH
+| dial_code                        = 01968
+}}
+'''Carlops''' ({{lang-gd|Leum na Caillich}}) is a small village in the [[Pentland Hills]], within the [[Scottish Borders]] area of [[Scotland]], close to the boundary with [[Midlothian]]. It lies between [[West Linton]] and [[Penicuik]].
-The village was founded in 1784 and developed cotton weaving, coalmining and limestone mining.
+The village was founded in 1784 and developed [[cotton]] [[weaving]], [[coalmining]] and [[limestone]] mining.
-The name derives from "Witches' Leap" (Scots: "Carlins Lowp") as near the south of the village there are two exposed rock faces about 20 metres in height facing each other with a similar distance between them. Folklore maintained that witches would leap from one face to the other, over the chasm, for entertainment of an evening.
+The name derives from the [[Scots language|Scots]] "Carlins Lowp" (English: "Witches' Leap"), since near the south of the village there are two exposed rock faces about {{cvt|20|m}} high facing each other, with a similar distance between them. Folklore maintained that witches would leap from one face to the other, over the chasm, for entertainment of an evening.
+==Notable residents==
+*[[C. T. R. Wilson]] (1869–1959), winner of the [[Nobel Prize]] for Physics in 1927, retired to Carlops and died there in 1959.
+*[[Archibald Lamont|Dr Archibald "Archie" Lamont]] FRSE FGS (21 October 1907 – 16 March 1985), Scottish geologist, [[palaeontologist]], [[Scottish Nationalist]], writer, poet and politician, retired to Carlops and lived in Jess Cottage.
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
+{{commons category}}
 *[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=117712 RCAHMS record for Carlops, Spittal]
 *[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=50159 RCAHMS record for Carlops Hill]
 *[http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-184-878-C SCRAN image: Allan Ramsay Hotel, Main Street, Carlops]
 *[http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount183.pdf Geological Conservation Review / JNCC: Subglacial meltwater]
+{{authority control}}
-{{coord|55|47|N|3|20|W|display=title|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
 [[Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders]]

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