Carlops

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.;

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.

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