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ROUGEMONT CASTLE (S3x32)
Duncan Brown RSCDS Book 48
1- 4
1s cross (RH) down through 3s & cast up to 2
nd
place opposite sides
(2s step up bars 3-4)
5- 8
1L dance ½ fig. of 8 up through 2s as 1M dances ½ fig. of 8 down
through 3s 2 1 3
9-16
2s+1s+3s dance Cross&Rotate:
9-10
All cross RH to face clockwise
11-12
All chase clockwise to lines across, Ladies at top
13-14
All cross RH to face clockwise
15-16
All chase clockwise to sidelines (3)(1)(2)
17-22
3s+1s+2s dance Chain R&Ls (as in The Cashmere Shawl) for 6 bars:
17-18
1s (in 2
nd
place) cross RH with person diagonally right
19-20
3L & 2M (now in 2
nd
place) cross LH with person diagonally
left
21-22
2L & 3M (now in 2
nd
place) cross RH with person diagonally
right
23-24
2s cross RH as 1s+3s ½ turn RH into Allemande hold
25-32
1s+3s Allemande 2 3 1
“Cross & Rotate” was named by Rudolf Spagele of Germany
“Chain Rights & Lefts” was devised by Iain Boyd of Wellington, NZ and first
appeared in The Cashmere Shawl.
Exeter Castle – commonly known as Rougemont, after the red hill on which it stands – may now have no official
royal connection, but early monarchs did visit it – often without invitation…
First, there came William The Conqueror (King of
England from 1066-1087), whose unrelenting attack
on Exeter in 1068 lasted for 18 days. He selected
Rougemont (the site of Exeter’s original castle, which
had been destroyed in 1003) as the site for a new,
bigger and more fortified castle than Exeter had ever
seen, to maintain control over the city.
Nearly 70 years later, in 1136, Exeter was under
siege again, this time during an uprising against King
Stephen. This one lasted longer – three months – and
saw the castle suffer extensive damage.
In 1232, another uninvited royal guest arrived - Henry III - who seized Exeter Castle and gave it to his younger
brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall. in 1337, when Edward, the eldest son of King Edward III. was created Duke of
Cornwall, this castle, with a small district adjoining, was made part of the duchy, which has been ever since
vested in the heir apparent to the Crown.
But Rougemont’s most notorious royal visitor (who had been
invited!) was Richard III, whose visit in 1483 is immortalised by
William Shakespeare:
“Richmond! When last I was at Exeter,
The mayor in courtesy show’d me the castle,
And call’d it Rougemont: at which name I started,
Because a bard of Ireland told me once
I should not live long after I saw Richmond.”
—Richard III, Shakespeare
Devon's county court was located here from at least 1607 - the
gaol is said to have been removed here from Bicton, in 1518 -
and the three Devon Witches—the last people in England to be
executed for witchcraft—were tried here in the 1680s.
The castle did not play a major role during the Civil War, although in late 1642 Parliament authorised the City of
Exeter to use £300 of public funds to fortify the city and perform repairs to the castle. Despite there being at
least four artillery batteries at the castle, the city fell to the Royalists in 1643, then to the Parliamentarians in
1646. During part of the war the gatehouse was used as a prison.
All the buildings inside the walls were swept away in the 1770s to make way for a new courthouse, which was
extended by the addition of wings in 1895 and 1905. Because of its function as a court, and as the seat of royal
power in the county, the interior of the castle was not open to the public until the court moved to a new site in
2004. The entire site has since been sold to a developer whose stated aim is to transform it into "the Covent
Garden of the South West", and some public functions are now held there.
Other notable events that took place at the castle included a Monsieur St Croix making the first hot-air balloon
ascent in Exeter from the Castle yard in June 1786; and on 15 May 1832 the first Annual Exhibition of the Devon
Agricultural Society, the forerunner of the Devon County Show, was held here.