Cheviot Hills

a mountain range on the border line between Scotland and England. A central peak, to which Scott refers in his Marmion as "Cheviot's mountain lone," is 2,676 feet high. It stands 500 feet in the clear above Carter Fell, the next in height. The head waters of the Liddel, the Tyne, and some of the branches of the Tweed have their sources here. It is a fine grouse country, and, until recently, a haunt of the golden eagle. The upland pastures have given rise to a fine breed of sheep called cheviots, whence the name for a loosely woven woolen cloth used for suitings. The region is celebrated in story and song as the scene of border forays. Scott has occasion to describe its fastnesses a number of times in his tales. The celebrated border ballad of Chevy Chase, found in Percy's Reliques, relates to the hunting or chase in the mountains of the Cheviot: