ROTHIE, seat in Fy vie parish, Aberdeenshire.
ROTHIEMAY, village and parish in Banff shire. The village stands on left side of Deveron river, 2 miles north-east of a railway station of its own name, at 5 miles north of Huntly, and has a post office under Huntly, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 139 scholars. The parish contains also Milltown village, measures about 7 miles by 5J, and comprises 9365 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 5062. Pop. 1363. The southern section is rich low country, and the northern one is a partially tumu-lated plateau. The seats are Rothiemay and Mayen, and the former belongs to the Earl of Fife. There are 4 schools for 375 scholars, and 1 of them for 80 is new.
ROTHIEMURCHUS, quoad sacra parish, with church about 13 miles north-east of Kingussie, on east border of Inverness-shire. Its post town is Aviemore. Its length is about 10 miles; its breadth about 7 miles. Pop. 293. The surface includes a rich low tract along right side of the Spey, and rises thence to an alpine summit-line of Cairngorm Mountains. The chief residence is Rothiemurchus House, and the chief antiquity is a ruined fortalice of the Wolf of Badenoch on an islet in Loch-an-Eilan. The public school has about 94 scholars. The parish was formerly a quoad civilia one, but is now annexed politically to Duthil.
ROTHIE-NORMAN, place, 5fc miles north of Inveramsay, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office designated of Aberdeenshire, and a railway station.
ROTHMAISE, seat and hill in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire.
ROTHNEY, village near Insch railway station, Aberdeenshire. Pop. 241.
ROTHNICK, estate in Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire.
ROTMEL, two lakes and site of ancient castle in Dowally parish, Perthshire.
ROTTEARN, village in Dunblane parish, Perthshire.
ROTTEN CALDER.
ROTTENRAW, affluent of Elliot rivulet, Forfarshire.
ROTTRAW, farm, with site of ancient tower, in Borgue parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
ROUCAN, village, 3i miles east-north-east of Dumfries.
ROUGH, hill, once crowned with ancient fort, in East Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire.
ROUGH, burn, entering the Garnock 1 mile north of Kilwinning, Ayrshire
ROUGHCASTLE, site of fort on Antoninus' Wall, 6 miles west-south-west of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
ROUGHLY, affluent of Hermitage rivulet in Liddesdale, Roxburghshire.
ROUGHLYNOOK, hill in south of Jed-bugh parish, Roxburghshire.
ROUGHRIGG, village in New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire. Pop. 689.
ROUGHTREE, place, with public school, in Kirkpatrick-Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
ROUNDABOUT, ancient camp in Alford parish, Aberdeenshire.
ROUNDHILL, eminence, with vestige of hill-fort, in Old Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire,
ROUNDYHILL, hamlet in Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire. It has a public school with about 97 scholars.
ROUSAY, island and parish in Orkney. The island lies from mile to 1J mile north-east of Evie in Pomona; measures about 4 miles by 3 ; rises from shores variously rocky, sloping, and low into the form of a massive truncated cone ; has a post office, with money order department, designated of Orkney, an inn, several harbours, Westness and Westside mansions, Scandinavian dunes, tumuli, standing-stones, an ancient camp, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and 3 public schools ; and yielded in 1880, through excavation of sepulchral mounds, a curious urn, destined to be lodged in Edinburgh Antiquarian Museum. Pop. 873. The parish comprehends also Eagleshay, Weir, and Enhallow islands, and two pastoral islets, and is so little intersected by the sea as to measure only about 6J miles by 5. Real property in 1880-81, 3773. Pop. 1118. An Established church is in Eagleshay ; and 2 old public schools for 113 scholars, and 3 new ones for 141, are in the parish.
ROUSHOLM, bay and bold high head-land on south of Stronsay Island, Orkney.
ROUTDON, burn in Largs parish, Ayrshire.
ROUTING-BRIDGE, place on Old Water rivulet, at romantic chasm and cascade, in Kirkpatrick-Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
ROUTING-WELL, deep shaft through rocks, emitting rumbling noise at high wind, in vicinity of Musselburgh, Edinburghshire.
ROVA, headland in north-east of Tingwall parish, Shetland.
ROW, village and parish on west border of Dumbartonshire. The village stands on north side of Gareloch, 2 miles north-west of Helensburgh ; is environed by charming scenery of water, wood, and villas ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Helensburgh, a steamboat pier, a beautiful towered parochial church of 1850, a cemetery with grave and monument of Henry Bell, and a public school with about 83 scholars. Pop. 516. The parish contains also Helensburgh town and most of Garelochhead village, measures 9 miles by 5, and comprises 20,126 acres. Eeal property in 1880-81, 79,855. Pop. , quoad civilia, 10,097 ; quoad sacra, 1725. A belt of low shore and contiguous slope extends along all Gareloch from Helensburgh to Garelochhead, is thickly studded with mansions and villas, and has rich embellishment of wood and culture ; a hill-range, with altitudes of from 667 to 1183 feet above sea-level, extends immediately behind, and abuts on Loch Long ; another range, with altitudes of from 1630 to 2092 feet, extends parallel to that, has its watershed along the northern boundary, and also abuts on Loch Long ; and Glenfruin, contracting gradually from strath to narrowness, lies between the two ranges. Chief seats are Ardincaple, Shandon Lodge, and "West Shandon ; and chief antiquities are vestiges of Shandon and Faslane castles. Eight churches are in Helensburgh, 2 are in Garelochhead, and 1 is at Shandon. Fourteen schools for 2132 scholars are in the parish, and 2 of them for 230 are new.
