RAISS, ruined castle on Levern rivulet, 3J miles south-east of Paisley, Renfrewshire.

RAIT, village in Kilspindie parish, Perthshire. It has a post office under Errol.

RAIT, ruined ancient castle of the Comyns, on east side of Nairn river, 2 miles south of Nairn.

RAITH, estate with mansion, 1J mile west of centre of Kirkcaldy, Fife. It be-longed to the ancestors of the Earl of Leven, and gives him the peerage title of baron. The grounds around the mansion contain the site of a residence of the abbots of Dunfermline, are extensive and ornate, and have a beautiful lake 2 miles in circuit, and a lofty tower surmounting a hill and commanding a magnificent view.

RAITS, burn, running to the Spey, in Alvie parish, Inverness-shire. A cavern, once a stronghold of bandits, is adjacent to it.

RALIA, hamlet in Kingussie parish, Inverness-shire.

RALSTON, seat in Abbey-Paisley parish, Renfrewshire.

RALSTON-NEWTON.

RAMMERSCALES, seat in Dalton parish, Dumfriesshire.

RAMNA, group of very high, tower-like, insulated rocks near northern extremity of Northmaven parish, Shetland.

RAMORE, part of the highest of the three land ledges in Eddertoun parish, Ross-shire.

RAMORNIE, seat in vicinity of Ladybank, Fife.

RAMPHORLIE.

RAMSAY.

RAMSAYCLEUGH, place, 18 miles from Selkirk. It has a post office under Selkirk.

RAMSNESS, headland in south of Fetlar Island, Shetland.

RANDERSTONE, seat and headland 7 miles south-east of St. Andrews, Fife.

RANDIEFORD, place among the Lennox Hills, 9 miles south-west of Stirling.

RANDOLPH BRIDGE, picturesque spot on Findhorn river, 7 miles south-south-west of Forres, Elginshire.

RANDOLPH FIELD, place, with standing-stones, memorials of battle of Bannockburn, in southern outskirts of Stirling.

RANDOLPH HILL, place on Carron river, in Denny parish, Stirlingshire.

RANFURLY, ruined baronial castle of Knox family, If mile north-north-west of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. It gives the titles of baron and earl to the Irish branch of the Knoxes ; and it is notable as having belonged to the ancestors of the Reformer John Knox.

RANGAY, lake and remains of ancient fortification in Latheron parish, Caithness.

RANGE, strong circular ancient camp on hill with commanding view of Annandale, in Dalton parish, Dumfriesshire.

RANKEILOUR, seat in Monimail parish, Fife.

RANKINSTON, village in Coylton parish, Ayrshire. It has a post office, with money order department, under Ayr. Pop. 954.

RANKLE, burn, running about 8 miles deviously northward, along a very secluded glen, to Ettrick river, at 3J miles north-north-east of Ettrick hamlet, Selkirkshire.

RANNACHIE, moor, 2 miles south of Buckie, Banffshire. It appears to have been the scene of the hottest part of great battle between the Scotch and the Danes in 960.

RANNES, seat in Kennethmont parish, Aberdeenshire.

RANNOCH, lake in Perthshire and district partly also in Argyleshire. The lake discharges Tummel river at Kinloch-Rannoch village, 21 miles west of Pitlochrie; extends thence westward about 10 miles, with mean breadth of about 7 furlongs; is nearly overhung at east side of its foot by Schichallion, and flanked along both sides by ranges of lofty hill and mountain ; contains, near its head, an artificial islet, once used as an asylum and a prison ; and commands, from its surface, a clear view far westward to the mountain-peaks of Glencoe. Birch cop-pices and cultivated spots fleck its north flank ; a pine forest covers all the lower half of its south flank; Dall mansion is on its south shore, 4^ miles from the foot ; and Rannoch Lodge, a seat of Sir Robert Menzies, Bart., is at its head. The district commences at some distance east of the lake's foot ; extends about 28 miles westward, with mean breadth of about 12 miles ; possesses considerable amenity along its centre to a brief distance from the lake's head ; forms thence a dismal moor, the largest and most hideous in Scotland ; and there includes repulsive pools, black morasses, and the sinuous, unsightly Loch Lydoch, within a gap between south-west end of Central Grampians and north end of the great mountain-range going southward to Firth of Clyde.

RANNOCH BRIDGE.

RANZA.

RAPLOCH, village within Stirling burgh, overhung by the castle, at f mile west-north-west of Stirling bridge. It has a public school with about 39 scholars.

RAPLOCH, seat, braes, and colliery in Dalserf parish, Lanarkshire.

RAPNESS, headland and small bay in south-east of Westray Island, Orkney.

RARICHIE (EASTER and WESTER), places with respectively vestige of ancient fort and copious medicinal spring, in Nigg parish, Ross-shire.

RARNISH, village in Lochs parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 419.

RASAY, stream, running 5 miles south-south-eastward from Loch Garve to Conan river at 6 miles south-west of Dingwall, Ross-shire. It makes a cascade somewhat similar to the Falls of Tivoli in Italy.