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The Seat of the Clan Mackenzie, Castle Leod is widely considered to be the inspiration behind Castle Leoch, the home of the Clan Mackenzie, in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. It was considered as a filming location for the TV series, however, Doune Castle was selected due to its ease of location.
The original castle came to the Frasers of Lovat in the thirteenth century and was besieged by the English in 1303. In 1650 Castle Dounie was captured and damaged by Oliver Cromwell. The clan chief, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was executed in 1747 for supporting the Jacobite cause and Castle Dounie was subsequently destroyed. However his son ...
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, c. 1667 – 9 April 1747 [a] was a Scottish landowner and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat.Convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.
The town of Inverness and Inverness Castle were being held by the Clan Mackenzie, led by Sir John Mackenzie of Coul who supported the rebel Jacobite cause. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat , chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat besieged them, supported by men of the Clan Rose and Clan Forbes .
Castle Leod is widely considered to be the inspiration behind Castle Leoch, the seat and home of the laird of Clan Mackenzie, in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander historical fiction series. It was considered as a filming location for the TV series, yet Doune Castle was selected, due to its ease of location. This may be surprising to viewers who know ...
If you love 'Outlander', you'll love knowing that Castle Leoch and Craig Na Dun are real places. Here's how you can visit the classic Scotland locations without having to travel through time.
The Battle of Culloden is an important episode in D. K. Broster's The Flight of the Heron (1925), the first volume of her Jacobite Trilogy, which has been made into a TV serial twice: by Scottish Television in 1968, as eight episodes and by the BBC in 1976. Naomi Mitchison's novel The Bull Calves (1947) deals with Culloden and its aftermath. [81]
Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie, Jamie and Claire's daughter, was conceived in Scotland in the 1700s but born and raised in Boston in the mid-20th century.She was raised by Claire and Frank ...