RASAY, Inverness-shire.
RASHELIE, prime sandstone quarry in Inchinnan parish, Renfrewshire.
RATHEN, rivulet and parish near north-east extremity of Aberdeenshire. The rivulet runs about 9 miles eastward and north-eastward to the sea at 2 miles south-east of Fraserburgh. The parish is partly traversed, partly bounded by the rivulet ; has a railway station 2f miles south-south-east of Fraserburgh; and contains the villages of Cairnbulg, Inverallochy, and Charleston. Its length is about 7 miles ; its greatest breadth about 4 miles ; its area 9587 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 10,048. Pop., quoad civilia, 2825; quoad sacra, 1248. The coast has an extent of 2| miles, includes Cairnbulg Point, and is partly flat and sandy, partly low and rocky. The interior comprises much low good land, and includes part of Mormond Hill. Limestone abounds, and is worked. Chief seats are Memsey and Mormond ; and chief antiquities are a Caledonian stone circle, a large cairn, and the ruins of Cairnbulg and Inverallochy castles. The churches are 2 Established and 1 Free. There are 2 public schools with about 443 scholars.
RATHILLET, estate, with mansion, hill, and United Presbyterian church, in Kilmany parish, Fife.
RATHMOREAL, ancient parish, now divided between Kennethmont and Insch, Aberdeenshire.
RATHO, village and parish in north-west of Edinburghshire. The village stands about a mile south of railway station of its own name, 8j miles west-by-south of Edinburgh ; was long a place of consider-able importance ; decayed, and underwent revival ; presents now a modern pleasant appearance ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Mid-Lothian, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 104 scholars. Pop. 713. The parish contains also Bonnington village, measures 5J miles by 3^, and comprises 6147 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 20,321. Pop. 1815. The north-eastern section is flattish, but slightly undulating ; the south-eastern section runs up to the isolated, rocky, picturesque summits of Dalmahoy and Kaimes ; and the western section is a tumulated low plateau. Chief seats are Dalmahoy, Ratho, Hatton, Bonnington, Norton, Ashley, and Millburn Tower ; and chief antiquities are two camps. There are 3 schools with capacity for 365 scholars.
RATHVEN, village and parish on coast of Banffshire. The village stands 1J mile north-east of Buckie, and contains the parochial church with 1000 sittings, and a public school with about 105 scholars. The parish contains also the post town of Buckie, the town of Portnockie, the villages of Port-Gordon, Porteasie, Findochtie, and New Tannachie, and part of the burgh of Cullen. Its length is 10 miles; its ! greatest breadth 5 miles ; its area 23,165 j acres. Real property, exclusive of Culleii i portion, in 1880-81, 26,791. Pop. of the I whole, quoad civilia, 10,931 ; quoad sacra, 1 4492. The surface comprises some good low ground on the coast, but is elsewhere a congeries of hills, and includes a conspicuous summit 945 feet high. Limestone, sandstone, and slate abound, and are worked. Perennial springs are plentiful, and three of them are medicinal. Chief seats are Letterfourie, Cairnfield, Burnside, Tannachie, Presholm, and Buckie Lodge; and chief antiquities are numerous cairns, portions of several Cale-donian stone circles, ruins of two old castles, and remains of an old mansion and an old chapel. The churches are 3 Established, 2 Free, 2 United Presbyterian, 2 Episcopalian, and 2 Roman Catholic. There are 10 schools for 1969 scholars, and 5 of them for 420 are new.
RATSHILL, tufaceous eminence near Broughton village, Peeblesshire.
RATTACHAN.
RATTER, seat on coast of Dunnet parish, and burn running north-north-west-ward to the sea near that seat, in Caithness.
RATTRAY, two suburbs and a parish in north-east of Perthshire. The suburbs are New Rattray and Old Rattray ; they stand nearly contiguous to each other, on left bank of Ericht river, opposite Blairgowrie ; they are, as to both position and social interests, suburban to that town ; each has a post office under it, that of New Rattray with money order department ; and they contain a number of factories, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and a large public school. Pop. 2533. The parish consists of a main body measuring about 5i miles by 2J, and a detached district lying 3J miles to the north-north-west and measuring 1J mile by 1; and it comprises 5382 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 13,005. Pop., quoad civilia, 3051. The main body is flat in the south, ascends thence gradually to the north, and exhibits picturesque features along the Ericht ; and the detached section lies wholly among the frontier Grampians. The chief seat is Craighall ; and the chief antiquities are part of a Caledonian stone circle and vestiges of a large ancient castle. There are two schools with capacity for 333 scholars.
RATTRAY, low dangerous promontory, fishing village, mansion, and hamlet representing extinct town, in Crimond parish, Aberdeenshire.
RAVELRIG, hill with remains of Roman station in Currie parish, Edinburghshire.
RAVELSTON, seat at east base of Corstorphine Hill, Edinburghshire.
