Roxburgh Castle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
ROXBURGH CASTLE (R8x32) 2C (4C set) RSCDS Book 61- 8 1s+2s chase clockwise round square (1st and 2nd positions) to places
9-16 1s+2s dance RH across and LH across back to places
17-24 1s lead down the middle and back to top
25-32 1s+2s dance Poussette.
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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Roxburgh Castle is a traditional dance associated with the tune of the same name. The tune is recorded in the John Fife manuscript of about 1780.The dance remained popular in the Scottish Borders into the early 20th century and was still being danced there in the 1920s. It was published by the RSCDS in Book 6 in 1930.
Roxburgh Castle stood near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, on a strategically important site between the Rivers Tweed and Teviot.
It was one of the most important royal castles in medieval Scotland and, because of its position close to the English border, changed hands several times during the long period of conflict between Scotland and England.
In 1460, King James II of Scotland was killed at Roxburgh Castle when one of his own cannons exploded while he was besieging the English-held fortress. The Scots subsequently captured the castle and destroyed it to prevent its further use by the English.
Little of Roxburgh Castle survives today. Its remains lie within the grounds of Floors Castle, near Kelso.
Roxburgh Castle Remains
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