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RACHAN MILL
(J4x32) 3s & 4s on opposite sides
Alex Gray Tweeddale Collection 1
1- 8
1s & 4s petronella turn & set, turn partners RH into prom hold facing
2M/3M (2s & 3s having stepped up/down)
9-16
1s+4s dance ½ RSh diagonal reel of 4 with 2M/3M & end facing other
couple, 1s+4s set & turn other partner RH to face 2L/3L
17-24
1s+4s dance ½ RSh diagonal reel of 4 with 2L/3L & end on sides in
order 3 4(1)(2), 1s+4s dance ½ R&L to end 3 1(4)(2)
25-32
All set forming a circle, cast (2 PdB) & chase clockwise ½ way
2 4(1)(3)
Rachan Mill, 5 miles southeast of Biggar, in the Scottish Borders, is a small group of houses on the junction of the
Edinburgh to Dumfries road with the B712, which runs northeast beside the River Tweed past Drumelzier and
Stobo. Rachan Mill originally grew up around a corn mill, powered by the Holms Water, which runs through the
settlement, to join the River Tweed.
To the southeast, is the beautiful Rachan Hill and to the northwest, Whitslade Hill. Rachan House, a well-known
Georgian mansion, much altered in Victorian times, once stood northeast of the settlement, on the road to
Drumelzier, but was demolished in 1965.
A large block of local whinstone in one the gardens of the settlement, about 3½ feet in size, known as the Piper's
Stone, has several legends attached to it, all variants on the theme of Bertram the Cobbler who is said to have
played the pipes so well when the king passed by, that he was granted land.
