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Culloden Battlefield

If you’ve read or seen Outlander, or have a friend or family member who has, you’ll have heard of Culloden. It took place in 1746, and in grand fashion Claire begs Jaime not to go. Being from the 1940s, she alone knows the outcome. It’s a bold assumtion, especially considering the odds were blatantly stacked against the Highlander army.

Clava Cairns

Way up in the highlands of Scotland, I was inspired to visit these monuments by my mother’s love of the book Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. In the first book, the protagonist, Claire, visits a place near the Battlefield of Culloden called Craigh na Dun.… Continue Reading “Clava Cairns”