# Carlops

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{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Carlops
| scots_name                       =
| gaelic_name                      = Leum na Caillich
| static_image_name                = The Carlins Loup, Carlops.jpg
| static_image_caption             = The Carlins Lowp
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| os_grid_reference                = NT162561
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| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.79|-3.34|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders)
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [Tweeddale](/source/Tweeddale)
| constituency_westminster         = [Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale](/source/Dumfriesshire%2C_Clydesdale_and_Tweeddale_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.](/source/Midlothian_South%2C_Tweeddale_and_Lauderdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town                        = PENICUIK
| postcode_district                = EH26
| postcode_area                    = EH
| dial_code                        = 01968 
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'''Carlops''' ({{langx|gd|Leum na Caillich}}) is a small village in the [Pentland Hills](/source/Pentland_Hills), within the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders) area of [Scotland](/source/Scotland), close to the boundary with [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian). It lies between [West Linton](/source/West_Linton) and [Penicuik](/source/Penicuik).

The village was founded in 1784 and developed [cotton](/source/cotton) [weaving](/source/weaving), [coalmining](/source/coalmining) and [limestone](/source/limestone) mining.

The name derives from the [Scots](/source/Scots_language) "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.

==The Village==
thumb|300px|Allan Ramsay Hotel, Carlops
thumb|300px|Main road, Carlops
The current village was planned and laid out in 1784 by Robert Brown, advocate and laird of Newhall, as two rows of single-storey cottages facing each other across the [A702](/source/A702) road. These housed weavers linked to mills just to the north. In 1800, Alexander Alexander of [West Linton](/source/West_Linton) set up a [watermill](/source/watermill) to create [felts](/source/felts) for use in the nearby [paper mills](/source/paper_mills) in [Penicuik](/source/Penicuik).<ref>RCAMS Peeblesshire vol.2 p.287</ref>

The Allan Ramsay Hotel was built as a wool warehouse in 1792 and converted to an [inn](/source/inn) in the mid-19th century, honing in on the local connections to [Allan Ramsay](/source/Allan_Ramsay_(poet)). It was run by the granddaughter of Alexander Alexander, Mrs Veitch, known as Mother Veitch.<ref>Borders Telegraph (newspaper) 13 May 2018</ref>

==Notable residents==

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

==See also==
*[List of places in the Scottish Borders](/source/List_of_places_in_the_Scottish_Borders)
*[List of places in Scotland](/source/List_of_places_in_Scotland)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[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]

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Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders
Category:Mining communities in Scotland

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