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Country: Scotland
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County: Perth and Kinross Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Pitlochry  Nearest Village: Kinloch Rannoch
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Latitude: 56.694207N  Longitude: 4.10711W
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Craigh na Dun
Craigh na Dun submitted by Klingon : The Craigh na Dun filming location from the Outlander TV series. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Craigh na Dun (or Craig na Dun) is a fictional stone circle said to be near Inverness. It features in the Outlander book and TV series, where a woman uses the stones to pass back through time.

(the first book is known as Cross Stitchin the U.K.) The books are part of the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon, a collection of time-travel romances set in eighteenth-century Scotland against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion and now serialised as the Outlander TV series (see the comments below for updates).

The books consist of Outlander (Cross Stitch in the U.K.), Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, and The Outlandish Companion (Through the Stones in the U.K.), which is a compendium of material related to the series. At the time of writing two more books were planned, namely The Fiery Cross and Sons of Liberty. Several people have asked me about Craigh na Dun, and so far no one we know has been able to find these elusive stones.

At this point I should explain that the words Craigh na Dun are consistently the most-searched for phrase on the Megalithic Portal, and on my previous web site back to antiquity, so this page is to explain what it's all about and where Diana the author might have imagined it the real site to be. We imagine the site from the books to look something like Calanais 4 stone circle.

Martin McCarthy writes:

I've been asked about this a few times. After the first couple of queries I tried to find out where they might be, and came to the conclusion that they were invented (or "adapted" from reality). For one thing, (although I'll be the first to admit that my Gaelic is terrible) I don't think that Craigh is a very well constructed Gaelic word. Craig or Creag would be much more likely. But that proves nothing. However, I came across the following places with similar names:
  • Creag an Dunain: a very ruined fort on the Isle of Jura, a long way from Inverness and probably of little interest to non-archaeologists (and perhaps little interest to archaeologists)
  • Craigandun: a deserted settlement on the Isle of Bute - slightly closer to Inverness, but at those distances it doesn't really make any difference :-)
  • Craigendunton: a cairn in Ayrshire... we're only a couple of hundred miles from Inverness, now! And it's reportedly 17th century
  • Craigiedun: this might even be a good candidate for "adaption". It's somewhere near Pitlochry and, according to CANMORE, was reported to be the site of a stone circle. In the 1920s it was a ruinous pile of rocks, and in the 1970s the OS surveyor reported that there was no sign of the said stones.
So it's a bit of a mystery but we don't think the real Craigh na Dun exists. At least not the one from the books.

The Craigh na Dun filming location from the Outlander TV series is of course a real place but there are no stones there. We have tracked the location down with the help of our contributors (see the comments below) and have updated this page to show the location where the Craigh na Dun scenes were filmed. We have listed this as a 'modern' site as it's not a genuine stone circle.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The location is on private land at Tullochcroisk Farm and you must ask permission to visit.

Trivia fact: Diana Gabaldon says that Outlander was based on an idea sparked by the character Jamie, the 1960s Doctor Who assistant who was from the Highlands.

Note: Here - at last - the location of the mythical Craigh na Dun - or at least the filming location from the Outlander TV series
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Craigh na Dun
Craigh na Dun submitted by AngieLake : OK, I know this is fictional! The male character Jamie Fraser in Diana Gabaldon's novels centred around 'Craig na Dun' circle might look just like this 'Jacobite' guide at Culloden, captured in full flow in 2001, near the main memorial cairn. He was tall - well over 6ft - with reddish-gold hair. If I'd read 'Cross Stitch' prior to this visit I'd have thought this was the obvious reason fo... (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craigh na Dun submitted by golux : Representation of Craigh na Dun, taken from the series Outlander Photo ©2015 Starz Entertainment LLC (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craigh na Dun submitted by Runemage : Stones Elevation. From the new TV series' website Link to Original (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craigh na Dun submitted by Klingon : The Craigh na Dun filming location from the Outlander TV series. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craigh na Dun submitted by Runemage : Outlander standing Stones Floorplan from the TV series' website. The blueprints of Craigh na Dun, courtesy of production designer Jon Gary Steele. Time travel at your own risk! Link to Original (4 comments)

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Re: Craigh na Dun by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Craigh na dun is a real place but it's called the callanish standing stones which is located on the isle of lewis
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 22 May 2017
Would be a pity turning up at Inverness looking for ''Craigh na Dun'', at least for the filming location which is 80 miles back south & particulary if you haven''t your own transport. Pitlochry would be a good stop off, on the A9 & the Central Highland line.

There''s no public transport past the site, although the local bus to Kinloch Rannoch passes within a mile you will still be on the wrong side of the River Tummel and there is no crossing before the bridge at Kinloch Rannoch, 3.5 miles away, where the bus goes.

Its a 3.75 mile walk from Kinloch Rannoch, which you might do (& back again) between buses.*

3 hours might be pushing it but the 4 hrs between the 8:55 from Pitlochry & 13:50 from KR would leave some time for relaxing, or make a day of it. Perhaps even complete the 14 miles from Rannoch over the Schiehallion road to Tummel Bridge (where you can pick up the Bus again till after 7 pm.) Or you could try Dial-a-bike

No one outside Movieland will have heard of ''Craigh na Dun''. It''s Tulloch Croisk you''re looking for. Its a lovely journey to the spot & all around & its worth going a little further up the road to at least the Limestone Pavement, for which youll need a bit longer, but there are no standing stones.

* - No busses between those at 9:50 & 19:15 on a Tue & Thu though & none at all Sunday.

P&KC Bus Rannoch - Pitlochry - Summer 2017
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 22 May 2017
    Many more nice walks in the vicinity. Eg. to McGregor's Cave also marked on the map above which is lower & more enclosed though more sheltered on wilders days.
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Craigh na Dun (filming location) Street View by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 March 2017
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Tullochcroisk Farm (Craigh na dùn) by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 March 2017
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Tullochcroisk Farm (Craigh na dùn) is where the "Outlander" story really starts; a dun (small hill) topped by a stand of Scots pines & of course those famous Neolithic standing stones (the stones are sadly fictional).

Nevertheless there is some real Scottish archaeology at the site featuring a circular pattern of stones which may have simply been a sheep enclosure erected in the 18th century.

Looking east, early morning autumnal light & the sweeping farm track accentuate this distinctive stand of trees again soft pastel colours in the sky.

The name "Tullochcroisk" from which the farmstead takes its name, is a combination of old Scots & Gaelic languages & roughly means the hillock of the cross. The area is also known as Kinloch Rannoch

Photographed by Graham Harris photography
http://www.ghgraham.com/p107527232/h319754EA#h319754ea
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 28 March 2017
My family found the location where the scenes from the "Outlander" TV series were filmed. You can find the story I wrote about it at this link: http://bit.ly/2o2ivI9.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 March 2017
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    Thanks, a lovely story. I've located the site and updated our page to show it - many thanks for the information
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 16 December 2016
Unfortunately a lot of people who enjoy this fascinating series lose sight of the tragedy.
The eradication and genocide of the Scottish Highlanders and their culture,with as many as 500 thousand Picto/Celts driven out of their ancestral homes by barbarians masquerading as civilized people.Add that to a million Irish people starved to death in an famine where livestock and grain were being exported to England.
The use of Irish troops in Scotland and Scots troops in Ireland to quell civil disturbances into the twentieth century indicates the divide between Celts and Anglos which still exists.
If you go to Scotland visit the little church of Croick or Badbea near Helmsdale.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 06 October 2017
    Losing sight of the tragedy could happen with any story. Just as meaning is often lost from book to movie. Lets find something good in tragedy. I love this series, fake or not, I am sucked in!

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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Saturday, 05 November 2016
Long time since I walked the streets of Inverness, but on the way inland along the Island Bank road the road sort of forks and the re is quite a large home in the triangle where it forks. I went bush from there and looked back to notice what looks like a rough circle of stones. I could find nothing in the local library about it. I think I was heading up the cliff bit - something skaigh?? to Drummond Crescent. It may have just been the angle I was looking from or the big house had created something to look like a stone circle. Maybe a local can fill in the story a bit? I was an Aussie working there for about 2 or 3 years.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 29 September 2016
I''ve now seen it. It sort of exists. The hill but not the stones. Maybe one day the owner of the land will let the tv company install real stones. Wouldn''t that be a tourist boost! (Peter Knight)
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 07 February 2017
    me tooo! been there but the stones are not...
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle: Diana Gabaldon & Neil Oliver giving talk by AngieLake on Thursday, 08 October 2015
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An Evening with Diana Gabaldon and Neil Oliver to celebrate Book Week in Scotland is now sold out.
It's on Monday 23rd November at Stirling Castle, so Neil is on home ground.
Apparently he has a novel to promote now.
No doubt Diana will discuss the filming of her Outlander books and possibly shed light on the site on which she based this enigmatic circle.

Read more here:
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading/book-week-scotland/about-book-week-scotland/diana-gabaldon-neil-oliver

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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 30 August 2015
There is a pictish fort above Inverness called Craig Phadraig, it's an extinct volcano, next to it is Dunain hill, and the old psychiatric hospital in Inverness was called Craig Dunain

Lyndsey - from Inverness
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 17 May 2015
I've been reading cross stitch by Diana Gabaldon and wondered if this place really excited. I want to go there. This book has captured my heart. Not finished it yet, up to the part where she chooses to stay with Jamie. Cant put this book down. I want to visit all the places mentioned. Love Scotland anyway. But i am a sass enact. Ha ha. But my surname is Mclellan.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Wednesday, 22 July 2015
    Mclellan is an Irish name its more likely that you are of Ulster/Scots descent, Mac names are scottish thought you might like to know. So you are a celt just 20miles west of scotland
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Saturday, 03 September 2016
      The prefix Mac vs Mc is not definitive in differentiating Scottish vs. Irish ancestry. For instance McKenzie could just as easily show true Scottish lineage as MacKenzie. While Mac is undoubtedly Scottish, a change to Mc could have happened for a slew of reasons, and none of them related to being Irish, not Scottish. I have done a lot of research on my Scottish relatives McIntyre (aka MacIntyre) and know that it is wrong to be rigid about these things.
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        Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 11 November 2016
        And to further throw confusion into the mix, when immigrants to America got off the ships, the people that took their names may have spelled them the way that they sounded, and the immigrants often unable to read/write just took it as the way that their names were supposed to be spelled. I've encountered this doing my own personal genealogy.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 21 September 2015
    I would love to go there as well and I hope I get the chance. When I do, I want to make sure that I get to visit all the places mentioned in the book. I wonder if the church is real and where is it? Starz is doing an excellent job with this show. The scenery, the music, the costumes (ah, the kilts), the actors and everything involved in this show is just awesome. Thank you Starz and the author, Diana Gabaldon. If not for her, we wouldn't have the enjoyment of any of this. Can't wait for the next season.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 May 2016
    Sassenach... although it may have been autocorrect (!?!)
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 27 April 2015
I believe the following excerpt is from Diana Gabaldon herself. Please note her comment re Clava Cairns at the end:

OK, this is pretty cool. If you can’t afford to go to Scotland and view the beautiful purple heather at first hand this year… you can at least see Culloden battlefield, Loch Ness, or an ancient stone circle or two virtually up close. The official Visit Scotland website announced in a press release on August 8 that special Outlander travel resources are now available at:

http://www.visitscotland.com/outlander

Aimed at readers of the OUTLANDER books and viewers of the Starz Outlander TV series, the new website is designed to help explore the real places that appear in my books, as well as locations which resemble the imagined ones (NB: the Clava Cairns are actually not the inspiration for Craig na Dun, but it is an authentic— and impressive— ancient stone circle).
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 07 April 2015
Standing Stones known as the "Stonehenge of the North". Callanish is one of the most beautiful, but also most remote stone circles in Europe. That in itself is a major clue that it was likely a temple known to the ancient Greeks, who linked it with their god Apollo and a mysterious island known as Hyperborea. CALLANISH, Outer Hebrides, off the western coast of the northernmost part of Scotland
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 30 March 2015
Actually the circle of stones only appear to people who know6 magic.6
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Saturday, 07 March 2015
I LOVE the the books and I LOVE the first season of the series is wonderful. Too bad Craigh Na Dun is not real. It would be a huge tourist attraction. I think Sam is perfect for the part of Jamie. Chris Helmsworth is too good looking for the part. Better to have a real Scot. All the cast is perfect. Good job!,
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 02 April 2015
    I feel the same way !!! Excellent casting with Jaime and it does make me want to book a long vacation to Scotland 😊

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SHOW 👏👏👏
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 07 April 2017
      I now live in Scotland (Lesmahagow - Lanarkshire) which places me in the centre of some very interesting Archaeological sites 😜👍🏿. Cornovian Chieftain.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 21 September 2015
    Chris is good looking but Sam, ah, takes my breath away. The first shot of him in the wedding scene made my heart beat in double time. I had to rewind a couple of thousand times because I couldn''t believe any man, not even Chris or RPatz from the first Twilight movie, could be so darn intoxicating. I''ve always loved the Scots, the bagpipes, the Kilts on the Scots and, well, just about everything Scottish. But Sam? Good Lord, could they pick anyone any more breath taking? I have to applaud Starz in casting him because no one could do it better.
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 March 2017
      As Jemi would say: Aye ......I agree, Sam is perfect for the part and he is so dashing. Now I cant wait to visit Scotland(specially Inverness) .
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Outlander TV series coming to Amazon Prime (UK) from March 26th by Andy B on Sunday, 01 March 2015
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Outlander is finally coming to the United Kingdom, exclusively on Amazon Prime instant video [unfortunately - MegP Ed]. The first eight episodes will be available on March 26, then come back weekly for new episodes starting April 5, one day after the U.S. Premiere.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tmu8wUHW-Q

The good news is that if you have an Amazon account you can sign up for a free trial month of Prime (if you haven't already done so) - just don't forget to cancel otherwise you'll be charged £79!

Here's the link to the Amazon Prime UK free trial and one for Amazon.com if you're in the US.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Latest from Nat Geographic and Diana Gabaldon by AngieLake on Saturday, 09 August 2014
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You may need to register with National Geographic to read this but it is interesting and gives an insight into how Diana Gabaldon chose to write about a Scottish circle with magical powers.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140808-outlander-scotland-orkney-islands-stonehenge-neolithic/

In this piece she also writes about her visit to Orkney.
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Big-budget drama Outlander filmed in Scotland, US premier August 9th 2014 by Andy B on Thursday, 15 May 2014
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For the past six months a multi-million pound US TV series has been filming in Scotland. It premiers in the US on August 9th 2014 but there is still no word on when it will be shown in the UK.

Outlander has been filming across various locations, including a one-month stint at Doune Castle.

The drama's production is expected to last 38 weeks at a cost of more than £50m.

It has been described as Scotland's answer to Game of Thrones, the hit series from the US HBO network that has boosted the industry in Northern Ireland where it is mainly filmed.

Based on a series of novels from American author Diana Gabaldon, Outlander follows the story of Claire Randell, a nurse from 1946 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened.
'Worldwide hit'

The series' producers are hoping to capitalise on the book's enormous success in the US where the seven-book series has sold more than 20 million copies.

The eighth instalment of the series is scheduled to be released in autumn this year.

With scripts written by Ronald D Moore, famous for his work on Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek Next Generation, the show's producers feel that they have all the makings of a worldwide hit on their hands.

More at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-26543451

See also

http://www.starz.com/originals/outlander
Which has a preview video and more about the series, and IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3006802/


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    Re: Big-budget drama Outlander filmed in Scotland, US premier August 9th 2014 by Anonymous on Monday, 29 September 2014
    it's an awesome series . I love it . I download it and watch it on my iPhone .
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 13 September 2013
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This is my nominee for the location
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Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by Andy B on Wednesday, 24 July 2013
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Starz network has officially ordered Ronald D. Moore's Outlander to series, with an especially large count of 16 episodes.

The US cable network, home to Magic City, Da Vinci's Demons, The White Queen and Black Sails, announced Tuesday that the Battlestar Galactica executive producer will be adapting the drama from author Diana Gabaldon's best-selling series of books.

Outlander will be set in Scotland, with the production company planning to build a new television studio and production base near Glasgow.

The project will benefit from UK government tax breaks which helped attract the producers to Scotland. It is estimated the series will employ a local crew of around 200, while an estimated 2400 supporting roles are expected to be cast from within Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Scottish actor Sam Heughan, who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and who has starred in the TV show Doctors, has already been cast in the lead role.

"We are thrilled to be bringing Outlander to Starz next year," said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht. "Diana has created an incredibly compelling heroine, thrust into a very complex world, not to mention, time. The books weave a fascinating tapestry of history, spirituality, love and honor, not to mention plenty of time travel, sex and warfare. With Diana's stories guiding us and Ron's mastery, we hope to bring Claire and Jamie to life for the millions of fans the world over."

Read more at
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/official-ron-moores-outlander-gets-574440
and
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/us-tv-series-outlander-to-film-in-scotland-1-3008425
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    Re: Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by AngieLake on Saturday, 27 July 2013
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    I was very disappointed to see their choice of actor to play Jamie. He is nothing like the character I imagined.
    Someone suggested Chris Hemsworth, and I felt he was much more suitable - certainly looks more rugged!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth
    (I doubt many Meg P contributors have read the books and/or care. My favourite of the series was probably the first one, and I have read most of the series, though not the Lord John Grey ones.)
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      Re: Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by Andy B on Saturday, 27 July 2013
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      I haven't read them but I'll be watching the series with interest, assuming it's not shown on Sky *&% Atlantic which I can't get. I was interested to see comparisons with 'Game of Thrones', in terms of popularity and production values. GofT is something my son has been reading but he finds the TV series too full of gratuitous 'bonking' for his (or my) taste. Is Outlander anything like this?
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        Re: Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by AngieLake on Monday, 12 August 2013
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        Andy - I've never seen Game of Thrones, or read about it, so can't comment there. Diana G slips in several titillating scenes throughout her Outlander series, but (from memory) I wouldn't say any in the first book were at all 'gratuitous', so hope the TV co. don't spoil it. The two main characters' relationship is perfect, and I imagine a lot of women would consider Jamie to be their ideal man. [Bet the guys are puking at this 'girl-talk'! ;-)]
        I still think Chris Hemsworth is best for the part of Jamie. Everyone forms their own image of a character while reading a book, and a good friend who has borrowed my paperbacks has just agreed with that choice of actor.
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          Re: Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by Anonymous on Sunday, 24 July 2016
          Diana said the part of Jamie had to be a Scot, and I suppose it couldn't have been easy to find a 6ft6" red haired, handsome Scottish actor. Sam isnt how I pictured Jamie in the books, but that's all forgotten now, I love them all.
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      Re: Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by kelpie on Sunday, 14 December 2014
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      I've read one of the books and thought it was awful. I hope the series is better.
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      Re: Adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's novels confirmed, to be filmed in Scotland by Anonymous on Sunday, 23 October 2016
      Sam has proven to be perfect for the part! He is far better than Chris would have been (and I'm Australian!). Sam brings Jamie to life, don't think they could have picked a better person to play this part.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 27 January 2013
Humans were made in the stone circle.

Do you know why there are lots of stone circles all over the world?
We humans were created in the stone circles.
The stone circles have mysterious power.
They are the energy amplifiers.
The beings from the universe came to the earth long ago and made a lot of stone circles all over the world.
They created humans in them.
They gave food and taught many things to humans for the living.
The reason why I knew the above is written in the following site.

http://www42.tok2.com/home/slicer190190/EJPcontents.index.html

Sennari Masuya

E-mail→→ slicer93@yahoo.co.jp
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 19 September 2014
    um...just ...um
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 September 2015
      Yea, exactly. What can you say to that other than, NOT!
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 September 2015
      Wow! I just realized that our posts are almost a year to the date. Maybe you and I were created in one of the stone circles. I'm just saying that if we had to be created in one of the stone circles, I hope it was one in Scotland at least. Here's to you, fellow stoner.
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Starz Cable Network to develop TV series of Outlander novels with Ron Moore & Sony by Andy B on Sunday, 11 November 2012
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It was revealed over the summer that that Diana Gabaldon’s popular seven-book series, Outlander (published in the UK as Cross Stitch) had been acquired by Sony Pictures TV. Sony asked Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica production fame to pen the series adaptation.

Outlanderfan now report:

Finally! Outlander has a home with a cable network! Remember the TV series based on the Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth? It was so well-done (not to mention it was actually my gateway book to Outlander/Historical Fiction)! Also, the show Spartacus is on Starz - what a great place for Outlander to land!!!

Dan Roth from blastr.com couldn’t have said it better:

Ron Moore makes a great choice considering how well he’s handled complex character drama in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Battlestar Galactica. That prowess for balancing high-concept universes with rich personal stories could very well make Outlander the next Game of Thrones.

Ron Moore’s thoughts on the subject, from his Facebook page today:

Very excited to land Outlander at Starz. Think they have the right sensibility and the creative outlook to make this a tremendous project. They love the books and the pitch and I think this is going to be a great experience and deliver a great show for fans, old and new.

More at:
http://outlanderfan.com/outlander-movieminiseries-news/
and there's another whole blog about it here
http://theoutlandermovie.blogspot.co.uk/
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    Re: Starz Cable Network to develop TV series of Outlander novels with Ron Moore & Son by AngieLake on Sunday, 11 November 2012
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    That's great news, Andy.
    I think a mini-series is a good idea as the story couldn't possibly be packed into one film, and it would take ages to make enough films to bring the story up to date. (The books are huge.)
    Having said that... what's the difference between making films for the cinema and mini-series?? lol.

    I hope they cast the main characters carefully. Everyone will have their own idea of how Jamie looks, so it would be disappointing for the ladies if they get that one wrong! It'll be hard to please everyone, that's for sure.
    The guy at Culloden - [see site page pic] - might be most like Jamie, though I didn't picture him quite as stocky as that.

    Have noticed a new Outlander series book on the shelves recently, so hope Father Christmas thinks I've been a good girl again this year, too.
    (Last year it was the DVD set from A History of Ancient Britian that I wanted.... and, NO... despite the authentic hair, a Neil Oliver-lookalike isn't the right type to play Jamie! Good voice, though.)
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      Re: Starz Cable Network to develop TV series of Outlander novels with Ron Moore & Son by Anonymous on Sunday, 14 December 2014
      AngieLake, just wondered what your thoughts are on Jamie now?
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 11 May 2012
I've been looking for the mystical stones, and found a picture of the Stonehenge circle on wikipedia that is almost the exact picture that Diana Gabaldon has on the back of her soft-cover books. I know that Stonehenge cannot be Craigh na Dun, but just thought everyone would like to know this tidbit!!!
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Runemage on Friday, 11 May 2012
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    It's not on the main SH wiki page, where did you see it?
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 11 May 2012
      I googled stonehenge, and looked at the images that came up comparing them to the photo on the back cover of the paperback books of Diana standing near "standing stones". going thru these photos, I found one that looks almost exactly like the picture. when I clicked on that photo, a wikipage came up with a photo of stonehenge.
      BCWhite
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        Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 11 May 2012
        [Admin edit link no longer active] hope you can connect with this!
        BCWhite
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 07 April 2017
    I think you should try and go to Orkney. Apart from Highland Park Whisky, there are some very interesting sites across the islands there - and the 'digs' that Archaeologists are involved with just now are bringing up Major sites which may have been temples or at least sacred monuments in which Their Priests lived. So far I've been there twice, the last time in 2012, was a hive of activity at the Ness of Brodgar! Cornovian Chieftain
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 25 August 2011
I am now on my upteenth reading of Outlander. They, the series of books, have got to be my favorite books of all time. When I am having trouble getting to sleep at night, I will just to a mental read of the books. Just like wandering down the path of your childhood memories or perhaps a mini vacation to Scotland or a step thru the standing stones.
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Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Fraser (and the spark of idea) came from Jamie from Dr Who by Andy B on Saturday, 19 June 2010
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Diana Gabaldon writes:
Back in the day—March of 1988, to be exact—I decided to write a novel...

So, fine. Historical novel. Where should I set this? (I have no formal background in history; I’d have to look everything up anyway, so the time and place didn’t really matter.)

I was casting about for an appealing time and place—American Civil War, Italian Renaissance, medieval Poland….? And while in this malleable frame of mind, I happened to see a Dr. Who rerun on PBS.

This was a really old re-run; one of the Patrick Troughton episodes (for those with a taste for trivia, it was “War Games”). And one of the Doctor’s companions in this episode was a young Scotsman from 1745. Maybe 18 or 19…and he appeared in his kilt.

“Hm,” I said. “That’s fetching.”

Well, so. I found myself still thinking about this the next day—in church—and said to myself, “You want to write a book; it doesn’t matter where you set it; the important thing to pick a place and get started. OK, fine—Scotland, eighteenth century.”

So that’s where I started. Knowing nothing about Scotland or the eighteenth century, and having no plot, no outline, and no characters—nothing save the rather vague images conjured up by thought of a man in a kilt. (Very powerful and compelling image, that.)

Now, despite the Dr. Who connection, the book actually began as a perfectly straightforward historical novel. The time-travel came in later, when I thought it would be interesting to have an Englishwoman to play off all these kilted Scotsmen, and she refused to shut up and talk like an 18th century person. She just kept making smart-ass modern remarks about everything she saw—and she also took over and started telling the story.

Read more at Diana Gabaldon's official site, of how she got to meet Frazer Hines:
http://66.147.244.179/~dianagab/
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    Re: Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Fraser (and the spark of idea) came from Jamie from Dr Who by Anonymous on Monday, 10 February 2014
    Great books, and I'm really looking forward to the series BUT; you blow the whole thing apart when you use 'gotten'. It's such an american term that it jars in the english or scottish usage. Please don't.
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    Re: Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Fraser (and the spark of idea) came from Jamie from Dr Who by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 September 2015
    Just curious, who was the actor in the Dr. Who episode that inspired you so?
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      Re: Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Fraser (and the spark of idea) came from Jamie from Dr Who by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 September 2015
      That would be Frazer Hines
      http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385668/
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        Re: Diana Gabaldon's Jamie Fraser (and the spark of idea) came from Jamie from Dr Who by Sunny100 on Tuesday, 22 September 2015
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        Was Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm. He used to own a race horse called 'Joe Sugden'.
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Outlander movie in production by Andy B on Saturday, 19 June 2010
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Apparently there is an Outlander movie in production, slated for 2011

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/10/30/diana-gabaldons-outlander-headed-to-the-big-screen/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1315968/
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Saturday, 19 June 2010
The author admits she made it up but was inspired by several sites to make one that fit her needs, a stone circle on top of a hill with a split stone. She also bends folklore to her needs too, so one imagines she is probably an american.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 06 June 2010
Craig Dunain

West of Iverness separating the Beauly Firth and the Loch Ness Road 1.5 miles out of Inverness is an esker ridge left by glaciation. Its the highest spot in the area and a logical place for any prehistoric fortifications. Named Craig Dunain the area is heavily wooded and called Dunain woods on the northern side of the ridge is Craig phadraig a strange flat topped hill the summit contains a Pictish Fort built in 5th or 4th century BC http://dunainwoods.co.uk/past.htm

A ruined 'passage grave' dating from around 3000 BC is situated on the highest ground of the Leachkin ridge . The polygonal burial chamber was originally contained within a 70ft cairn, none of which remains. The entrance passage would have been from the NE leading to a bigger second passage and a much higher inner chamber. One large standing stone remains erect. We can only speculate as to the rituals that may have been enacted at this spot. The chambered cairn is of the Orkney/Cromarty type which is found on high ground only from west of Inverness to the far north. It is unlike the Clava cairn types which are found on low lying land to the east and south.


Whilst there is no stone circle, there is enough archeological remains including one standing stone to speculate that this was the area used as a basis for the book. It is also geographically within walking distance of Inverness town.
PA - Inverness
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 03 December 2009
There are for a fact standing stones which you can see on top high isolated hill on the A9 driving from just outside Evanton and before you cross the causeway bypassing Dingwall. I have asked my nephew for the name of these stones, as he has been there. I have driven past them a million times, having been brought up in the highlands, in an even further north than these stones. Its strange that what we are indifferent to as children, become important to learn more about as we age. I schooled for a while in Strathpeffer and know the Eagle Stone, and the one in Tain plus many many others, but it is my opinion that these are the stones refered to above will turn out to be those that DG refers to in her books, I just have to hear the name and I am in that spot. When my nephew replies I will update you with the name of these stones, they are quite magnificent and why I cannot research or find their name is beyond me, they are not unlike the formation of Stonehenge.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 01 April 2012
    I think what you're referring too is the Fyrish Monument on Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fyrish), built in 178?2...can be seen for miles.

    Fraser
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 16 July 2009
I'd heard of the Galbadon books years ago but never read. I recently bought Outlander in April 2009 (hardback, used from seller on Amazon.com) and about 2 chapters into it...bought the rest of the series in hardback (used and great price!)

I read them all (back to back to back) and am now starting over, circling the series, until my preordered Echo in the Bone comes out. Hurry up 9/22/09 in USA.

Going back to book one, Outlander. This time around, noticing a LOT of details I had forgotten. First time I read, so much overload as the content was rich, detail splendid, the Gaelic was good learnings ! and the first person threw me..at first. Now that first person really places ME into the story. That is the hook: the story is being told "around me" what a risky and great view point!

Jamie is all "man" yes. But for each that means different things (what is my template of the great Alpha Guy?) For me, the man in question (Jamie) is canny, humorous, honorable, loyal, durable and an adventurous leader of his clan. He will ALWAYS find Claire, coming back to her if possible unless God has plans..then Jamie will die first and wait for her. Claire..strong in her time and durable/pliable in his time..and a fabulous partner who loved the "man" not they myth. Saw underneath the Laird layer. Loved this. Adventure, battles, love and Scotland.

Craigh na dun ..created by Gabaldon..based on real stone circles...and many such "craighs" and their magic are all over Scotland, Ireland and ...closer than you think.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 08 July 2008
My understanding is that 'Craigh na dun' does not exist. Merely it was an idea created from Clava Cairns, an ancient burial ground dating back to 3000AD situated to the rear of Culloden. Diana Gabaldon took inspriration from the standing stones that surround the ancient 'cairn's' at Clava and based the fictional 'Craigh na dun' from this.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 June 2008
in my oppinion it is near elgin...not sure the exact location but theres a wee spot ive been camping, about a mile from where i was is a small set of standing stones although they dont stand very well....
a few hundred years ago you could easily see the lights of inverness only now there are loads of trees in the way...
thats where i think it is...didnt take a picture but will be sure to next time im up that way
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Wednesday, 21 May 2008
To say the books are brilliant is a little excessive, they are in fact nothing more than a vehicle for her sexual fantasies. With regard to people looking for the sites mentioned then there is surely no harm in that, regardless of whether they exist or not. the exercise may well reveal unknown or forgotten sites of interest to us all, and I don't see how it would detract from anyone's enjoyment of the book(s).
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Who cares if Craigh na Dun really exsists? Its ovious that it does in Miss Gabaldon mind. You people are ruining a perfectly amazing love story created by a brillient mind.Once you pick up thoes books , theres no putting them down.Not many people can keep you entertained every step of the way.So please people , leave well enough alone so we can emagine..A
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by analizalopezclaver on Thursday, 17 April 2008
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Hi! I am the Philippines, am very much inspired by Diana Gabaldon's stories, so far, they are my favorites. I am so carried away that how i wish i can go there(Inverness, Scotland).
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle and Related Cairn stories by AngieLake on Monday, 14 January 2008
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Goodness me! What a lot of 'anonymous' comments on this page!
Maybe they just aren't registered?
Anyhow, I finished Cross Stitch about a week or so ago, and shall definitely find Dragonfly in Amber as soon as I finish Lark Rise to Candleford (picked up in charity shop before I knew the series was coming on TV!)
Diana Gabaldon is a good writer and I'm not bothered how accurate all the facts are as it is good escapism. Also the characters are very feisty, and Jamie is 'all man'. If anything is far-fetched, it's how he survives all the torture he's experienced! On a visit to Culloden in 2001 one of the guides was the spitting image of his character.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle and Related Cairn stories by Anonymous on Sunday, 13 January 2008
Have read all six books in the Cross stitch series, and can't wait for the next one. Apparently it is due out in 2009 (with another one still to go) The new one is to be called "An Echo in the Bone", The most amazing series. What a lot of research!
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle and Related Cairn stories by Anonymous on Friday, 26 October 2007
I discovered this site trying to find the name and author of a book I read a couple of years ago. It was an Arthurian Legend story, but a university student disappears in a cairn in Scotland and travels through time to a battlefield with King Arthur.

It's driving me crazy, but I think I am getting closer.

Can anyone direct me?
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle and Related Cairn stories by MarkB on Sunday, 12 October 2008
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    Years ago I read "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain. Could this be your missing title?

    MarkB.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 07 September 2007
I have read the entire series and have just read Cross Stitch again and have fallen in love with the series again, I started reading them when I lived in London, now I've moved to 40 miles away from Inverness.

I don't think the stones are real, but anyone who's been here know the entire Highlands are a very magical place, even though I'm now married, I've still got an eye open if I meet Jamie Fraser!!!
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 07 August 2007
Who cares if it exists or not......I'd go through fire and any number of centuries to land in Jamie Fraser's lap! What a fantastic series of books Diana Gabaldon has written and what an intriguing cast of characters. I'll bet Scotland has been having a ripping rise in tourist trade....breathtaking country...captivating myths...hmmmmmm
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 10 June 2007
i believe these stones to be near e;gin...by a place called the oakwood restaurant...from the distance, if the trees were not there you can see the lights of inverness.....and although much clearer nowadays due to electricity....claire would have seen the lights from inverness even though it were nowt but a small town...ive been to the spot i think it to be...its amazing...feels so magic there...and there are local legends of paganism at these stones....
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 29 January 2007
I don't think Craigh na Dun really exist. Or maybe exist, but have a different name?
I'm about to finish "Dragonfly in Amber". This book is just amazing!!!! Whole Outlander Series is unusual. This is the greatest book I've ever read in all my life and I know "Cross Stitch" and other books by Diana Gabaldon will stay my favourite books at least for the very long time.
The books by Outlander Series are just wonderful.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Saturday, 11 November 2006
i am addicted to the Outlander series!! well done to Diana Gabaldon!! im on the 3rd book in the series and i am pretty sure that such stones exist whether they have the name "craigh na dun" or not... No i dont think that they are actually magical but wouldnt that be awesome... beside the point there is a stone circle near iverness is there not?? therefore they exist...end of story!!
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Saturday, 08 July 2006
Just because Diana Gabaldon apparently hadnt been to Scotland when she wrote Outlander, doesnt mean that Craigh na Dun doesnt exist! Inverness, also menitoned in the books, exists does it not?!!!! I lived near Inverness for a year and never heard of the stones as mentioned in her books, but have been to Clava Cairns etc etc.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 27 February 2009
    i agree with you i too am reading the books and even though she may not have been there there is some accuracy to her story . the lord of fraser whom jamie is related to in the book is my ancester and there is a lot of simmilarity to the accual stories of the time to the book
    John simpson of the fraser of lovat clan
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 27 June 2006
When Diana Gabaldon wrote Outlander she had NOT been to Scotland. So, Craigh na Dun is fictional. Not based on an actual stone circle. Ms Gabaldon made it up. This does not detract from the wonder of visiting actual stone circles. I just got back from a wonderful trip to the UK and visited many circles. They are amazing.

There is an excellent book on stone circles by Aubrey Burl - I am pretty sure you can get it on Amazon. It gives good directions to them so if you are planning a stone circle tour, I really recommend this book! Even if you are not, it is a great reference book. Has black and white pictures of many of the circles. It covers Britian, Ireland and Brittany.

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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 14 May 2006
Craigh na Dun does not exist - which is to say the place exists but is not called by that name. There is a stone circle in the hills above Inverness and there are many about. The most famous and the one most likely used for the Outlander story is at Clava Carins, which is very near Culloden, the site of the disasterous last stand of the Jacobites.

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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 26 March 2006
I have just finished Dragonfly in Amber the second in the outlander series and I to think Craigh na dun is fictional but oh, wouldn't that be wonderful if one could time travel. I can't wait to read Vogager!
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 23 February 2006
I have been reading the "Outlander" series, and so far, I'm on the 3rd book. I find them absolutely AMAZING!!! But I do wonder if Craigh na Dun is actually real. I think that it would be so cool if it actaully was real, and that people could go and see it. I know that time travel right now is impossible, but it would be so cool if it had actually happened. I too have Scottish ancestors, and I'm wondering whether or not they too would have been part of the Scottish Rising.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 14 May 2006
    There is information on the participating clans at Culloden. Look on line.

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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 February 2006
I am just reading "Voyager" now and I am completely inspired to know more about Scotland and my own ancestry. I wonder if my own ancestors (Grahams and McCouls) were apart of the Jacobite uprising and is that why they ended up in Nova Scotia in the late 1700's. I plan to find out.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 21 February 2006
    My maiden name is MacLeod, and as well, my ancestors ended up first in PEI, then later in Nova Scotia. The PEI MacLeods arrived in the late 1700's as well, so I wonder if this is why...interesting! Where are you in NS?
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 January 2006
I am reading "Voyager" now and have come to the conclusion through the first two books that Craigh na dun is a fictional place, adapted, as said before for the purpose of literary license. This is arguably one of the best series I have ever read for content, mythology, mysticism, romance and just plain entertainment. Who cares if it is real? Much the same as The Da Vinci Code. It was not meant to be anything but good, honest entertainment. But, as Bill Cosby has been known to say, "If you aren't careful, you might learn something".
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 19 April 2005
Hey, I am a big reader of Diana Gabaldons series. I am only 14 but the description and detail is incredible. every moment there is action, i thinkk it would be awesome if her books were made into movies. But anyway, i am on her fourth book. When Roger finds Bree in 1776 i think.. and Lizzie is sick.. i love the books. Well I think that Craigh na Dun does excist. And i plan to go there when i am older. It is my dream to go to scotland. Well I gotta jet,
see yah!
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Thursday, 31 March 2005
I don't know if Craigh na Dun really exists. I think the writer changed the name of the henge she used in her books. I think she might have had the hence "Clava Cairns" in her mind. In that henge there are also two stones together, and it looks as though they were split. Through such a stone Claire would have travelled back in time. Check out the next side to see pictures of the stones and see if I'm right. http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverness/clavacairns/
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 19 April 2005
    Well, maybe. but the way she explained it, it was much bigger.. well you never know you are prolly right.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 December 2004
I am reading her book Outlander for the first time and the funny thing is about 3 years ago I went to Scotland and we came upon a circle of stones in a wooded area while driving. I have been searching all over for something to tell me what it was called but have only a picture. Anyway I had a weird experience with the stones and I have traveled extensively and have never had this experience before but I touched the stone and it felt like a heartbeat. Weird yes and I am so skeptical I even hesitate to believe it. Scotland is a magical place and I highly recommend Inverness, close by to this is also the forest where the author of Peter Pan was inspired to write the story. Anyway happy stone hunting!
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Andy B on Wednesday, 15 December 2004
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    Post the photo in the Gallery here and I bet someone can identify it for you. We like a challenge!
    Andy
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 03 January 2005
      Okay I am embarrassed to say that I believe it belongs to one of the more popular sites, the Clava Cairns neolithic site. I went back over the other pictures and searched on the web so this is what I believe, although we did a whirlwind tour and it was hard to keep up with what was where. I personally don't have a scanner and the one I was to use was broke, but alas I think I have solved the mystery, at least of where it was but I did have that odd sensation which seems silly to talk about, the only way to describe it is a like a heart beat, maybe it was just my wishful thinking :)
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Friday, 05 August 2005
      HAVE JUST RE-READ OUTLANDER FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME--IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER WITH EACH RE-READING! I AM JUST FASCINATED TO DEATH WITH ALL OF THESE STONE CIRCLES, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO CLAIRE AT CRAIGH NA DUN---SOMEHOW, I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD REALLY HAPPEN. IF ANY OTHER OUTLANDER FANS WOULD CARE TO CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS THE BOOKS, AND THE STONE CIRCLES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. HAPPY READING, AND HAPPY STONE HUNTING !
      PAULA, FROM CALGARY,ALBERTA CANADA

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        Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Marg_H on Wednesday, 06 February 2008
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        Hi,
        Are you still reading the Stones books? I have just reread the last book "A Breath of Snow and Ashes" for the third time! I agree they get better and better with reading. Apparently there will be two more books, finishing in Scotland about 1800. Jamie will about 80. Quite something for those times.
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by hamish on Friday, 05 August 2005
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      I'm on book three and cannot put it down.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by AngieLake on Friday, 05 August 2005
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    I spent quite a while on my only visit to Clava Cairns near Inverness in 2001 photographing and filming it all, and then dowsing the NE and central area of the site. Just before I left there was no-one around, so I bent down and placed my right hand on a small crystal I'd noticed, below halfway down, on the NE face of the large oblong standing stone near the NE cairn and its circle. I closed my eyes and felt a strange dreamy sensation, also unlike anything I've ever experienced before or since!
    (I'd earlier commented to another visitor there on the stone's similarity to those oblong slate slabs in 2001 - A Space Odyssey, and we'd laughed because it WAS actually 2001!)
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 13 March 2006
    id love to see a picture of the place you talking about, could you email it to me,my address is cobbywebs@hotmail.com and where abouts you were when you came across them
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      Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Klingon on Monday, 13 March 2006
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      The Craigh na Dun Stone Circle is fictional! So there doesn't exist any picture.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 01 May 2007
    Diana Gabaldon's books are fiction, but completely believable! I think that it is possible to travel through these stones. It would be wonderful to know where these stones you found are. I know I know I sound like a crack head, but I asure you, I'm as clean as they come.
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 01 May 2007
    i would love to see this picture and maybe some information on where you were at the time. if you could send this to me, that would be great!
    cartycar@hotmail.com
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Tuesday, 15 April 2008
    I was always strangely drawn to these books and the author. I briefly mentioned somthing about them the other day to someone I know and, although he never knew the books existed, he told me quite a bit about them. He remembers holding a picture that was burned and being furious that it was damaged, he also "remembered" bree- he described her as accruately as the books did. He talked about touching her hair and the way that it looked, He remembered being struck by lightening and even some disdain that he felt about Fergus. He would ask me things and I was literally able to find them in the book and read it to him. We were both stunned. I know it sounds incredible, I can hardly believe it myself. What I am wondering is, is this something that he is actually remembering from a past life or is he just able to connect with me somehow since I have read all the books about 10 times? The only difference is, he " remembers" being amazed at street lamps and electricity. Please let me know if someone else ever experienced anything like ths!
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    Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 23 March 2009
    What forest are you talking about?
    It was Kensington Gardens (and the family he met there)which inspired Barrie to write Peter Pan.

    For more Peter Pan adventure unlike any other, check out:

    http://www.peterpansneverworld.com/

    BELIEVE!

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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Monday, 10 May 2004
This picture of Callanish is most like what I imagined it to be Click here but according to Diana Gabaldon, Castlerigg is the best match, she also suggests the stone circle at Clava cairns but they dont really match how I imagined it. You can read what she says at her FAQ page
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by Anonymous on Sunday, 25 January 2004
I read a book by Barbara Erskine on the same theme - travelling back in time via a mysterious standing stone on a wild Scottish hillside - and the picture used to illustrate the front cover was the lovely leaning Pictish stone at Aberlemno - the one with the mirror, serpent, and zigzag lines, etc.
Aberlemno is on a low-lying area, so that was a fictitious site.
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Re: Craigh na Dun Stone Circle by howar on Sunday, 25 January 2004
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Yes , it should be Craig na Dun like the Craig Phadrig hillfort that overlooks Inverness . The nearest big circular feature is the Holm House motte on the outskirts .
ARCHI professional throws up a ruinous no entry stone circle 4km SW at Druidtemple,Culcabock (NH685420) which could be worth a look http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=877 , elsewhere web photos found are all actually Tordarroch ring cairn]. SE 5km out is a better off circle at Torbreck (NH644404) [ pics at http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1305 ]
From 5-10km we have concentric stone circles at Milltown of Clava , a crude one at Clava Lodge , ones ruinous at Newton of Petty and Kinchyle of Dores and Daviot and Killearnie and Gask ... over a dozen in fact .
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