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QUOTHQUAN, village, hill, and ancient parish in upper ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands 1J mile east of Thankerton, has a public school, and had a strong baronial fortalioe, which was destroyed by the Regent Moray after the battle of Langside. The hill rises a little south of the village, attains a height of about 600 feet above the level of adjacent reach of the Clyde, is verdant to the summit, and has there a large unhewn stone, called Wallace's Chair, and said to have been the council-seat of Sir William Wallace with his followers on eve of the battle of Biggar. The parish was annexed in 1660 to Libberton.
QUOYAFIRTH, sea-loch on east coast of Northmaven parish, Shetland.
QUOYHOUSE, branch of Cliff sea-loch in Unst Island, Shetland.
QUOYLOO, place in Sandwick parish, Orkney. It has a post office under Stromness.
QUYTEFIELD, ancient chapelry in Inverkeilor parish, Forfarshire. Its burying-ground and remains of its chapel still exist.
RAASAY, sound and island in Skye district, Inverness-shire. The sound separates the island from Isle of Skye ; extends northward from mouth of Loch Sligachan in Isle of Skye ; projects from its west side Loch Portree ; and measures 14 miles in length, and from 1 mile to 4 miles in width. The island flanks all the sound's east side ; has mostly a breadth of about 2 miles ; consists chiefly of a hill-ridge, rising in many parts to heights of about 1000 feet, and in one part to a height of 1500 feet; is mostly moorish, but includes arable lands, coppices, and some grand cliffs ; and contains a post office under Portree, the fine modern mansion of Raasay House, the dilapidated masses of Brochel Castle, and a Free church. Pop. 458.
RAASAY, small island in Glenelg parish, Inverness-shire.
RABBIT ISLANDS, three islets in Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland.
RACHAN, mansion, two fine lakelets, and an isolated green hill, on north border of Glenholm parish, Peebles-sliire.
RACHANMILL, place near Kachan mansion, Peeblesshire, 5 miles south-east of Biggar. It has a post office under Biggar.
RACKS, railway station, 3| miles south-east of Dumfries.
RACKWICK, place, with fibrous gypsum, in Sandwick parish, Orkney.
RADDER, remains of strong old fortalice on north side of Keiss Bay, Caithness.
RADERNIE, village and limestone quarry in Cameron parish, Fife.
RAE, lake in Kinloch parish, Perthshire.
RAEBERRY, quondam strong castle on crown of terrific coast precipice, 5 miles south-by-east of Kirkcudbright.
RAEBURNFOOT, farm, with traces of Roman camp, in Gretna parish, Dumfriesshire.
RAEBURNFOOT, hamlet adjacent to Saxon camp, in Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire.
RAECLEUGH, upland tract in Moffat parish, but within southern border of Lanarkshire.
RAECLEUGH, farm, with remains of Roman camp, in Westruther parish, Berwickshire.
RAECLEUGHHEAD, place, with remains of two ancient military stations, in Langton parish, Berwickshire.
RAE DIKE, old earthen fence along north-western boundary of Garvock parish, and probably around ancient Garvock forest, in Kincardineshire. Many traces of it still exist.
RAEHILLS, seat of Johnstone of Annandale on Kinnel river, 13 miles north-east of Dumfries.
RAEMOIR, estate including part of Hill of Fare, in Banchory-Ternan parish, Kincardineshire.
RAEMORE, detached section of Caputh parish, surrounded by Clunie, in Perthshire.
RAES, ravine and limeworks in Carluke parish, Lanarkshire.
RAFFLES, old peel tower in Mouswald parish, Dumfriesshire.
RAFFORD, village and parish in west of Elginshire. The village standsSmiles south-east of Forres, and has a post office under Forres, Established and Free churches, and 2 public schools with about 141 scholars. The parish measures about 8 miles by 5, and comprises 12,456 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 6786. Pop. 1052. The northern section is low, flat, and fertile ; the central section is undulated arable land, diversified by moors and lakes ; and the southern section is rough, rocky, moorish upland. The seats are Altyre, Blervie, and Burgie ; and the chief antiquities are Sweno's Stone or Forres Pillar, a similar sculptured obelisk at Altyre, and Burgie Castle. There are 3 schools for 171 scholars, and 1 of them for 30 is new.
RAIGMORE, seat in Inverness parish, Inverness-shire.
RAILSBURGH, headland in Nesting parish, Shetland.
RAINBERG, hill, 1495 feet high, near middle of west side of Jura Island, Argyleshire.
RAINNIESHILLS, estate in New Machar parish, Aberdeenshire.
