Buildings
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Abbey of St. Anne de Beaupre - the Benedictine Abbey in France headed up by Jamie's uncle Alexander Fraser. It is described as a 12th century walled edifice made of stone. It has a beautiful high-roofed library with soaring columns that join in ogives in the multi-chambered roof and let in lots of natural light through full length windows (Outlander, chapter 38) Claire and Murtagh take Jamie to the Abbey after rescuing him from Wentworth Prison (Outlander, chapter 37) There are several hot mineral springs near the Abbey which hold great healing powers (Outlander, chapter 40)
Arbroath Abbey - Arbroath Abbey was to be the meeting point for Jamie's smugglers if anything went wrong with the rendezvous with the smuggling ship at Arbroath (V, chapter 30)
Ardsmuir Prison - where Jamie was incarcerated as a Jacobite prisoner. It usually held 200 prisoners at a time, with 82 guards. A work crew consisted of eighteen men with three prisoners to a guard (V, chapter 8) It had four main cells where the prisoners were kept in large groups. Work crews were sent out daily to haul stone or cut peat (V, chapter 8) By law each prisoner was given a quart of oatmeal parritch and a small wheaten loaf each day. Twice a week they also got barley brose, with a quart of meat stew on Sunday (V, chapter 10) Ardsmuir was three miles from the steep granite cliffs of the coast and surrounded by empty moorland (V, chapter 9) Ardsmuir was a prison for only fifteen years after which its prisoners were mostly transported to the American Colonies and it was converted into a small permanent garrison (V, chapter 17) Ardsmuir Prison is not a real place
Arbroath Abbey - Arbroath Abbey was to be the meeting point for Jamie's smugglers if anything went wrong with the rendezvous with the smuggling ship at Arbroath (V, chapter 30)
Ardsmuir Prison - where Jamie was incarcerated as a Jacobite prisoner. It usually held 200 prisoners at a time, with 82 guards. A work crew consisted of eighteen men with three prisoners to a guard (V, chapter 8) It had four main cells where the prisoners were kept in large groups. Work crews were sent out daily to haul stone or cut peat (V, chapter 8) By law each prisoner was given a quart of oatmeal parritch and a small wheaten loaf each day. Twice a week they also got barley brose, with a quart of meat stew on Sunday (V, chapter 10) Ardsmuir was three miles from the steep granite cliffs of the coast and surrounded by empty moorland (V, chapter 9) Ardsmuir was a prison for only fifteen years after which its prisoners were mostly transported to the American Colonies and it was converted into a small permanent garrison (V, chapter 17) Ardsmuir Prison is not a real place
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Bank of England - Jerry MacKenzie catches his breath by leaning against the marble front of the Bank of England (Leaf)
Bastille - a fortress in Paris used as a state prison by the kings of France. Jamie and Alex Randall go to the Guard's headquarters in the Bastille to explain what happened to Mary Hawkins (DIA, chapter 19)
Beannachd - Dougal's house. The name means 'blessed' (Outlander, chapter 15)
Beaufort Castle - Claire and Jamie travel to Beaufort Castle to see Lord Lovat and persuade him to send his men to aid Charles Stuart. Claire describes it as a small but sufficiently imposing castle built of the native stone. It has wide-mouthed gun holes at intervals along the base of the outer walls and a stable opening into the courtyard of the keep (DIA, chapter 40) Beaufort Castle is the traditional seat of the Lords Lovat. It is located near Beauly in Inverness-shire. It has also been known as Downie Castle, Dounie Castle and Beauly Castle
Beauly - Jenny asks Claire to tell her about Castle Leoch saying she has heard it is not as grand as Beauly or Kilravock (DIA, chapter 33) The castle at Beauly that Jenny is referring to would be Beaufort Castle, near Beauly in Inverness-shire, the traditional seat of the Lords Lovat
Beauly Priory - the burying place of the Lovats. Claire finds it a peaceful place to walk (DIA, chapter 41) Beauly Priory was built in the 13th century but fell into disuse in the 16th century, and was in ruins by the 18th century
Bellhurst Manor - the Duke of Sandringham's home. The house is built facing the cliffs inland rather than the open meadows. It has a short, straight drive with two utilitarian stone pillars at the entrance engraved with the Duke's crest. The house is large and lavishly furnished (DIA, chapter 44)
Berwick Prison - when Claire, Roger and Bree are searching for Jamie in the past they check the rolls of Berwick Prison (V, chapter 7)
Blue Boar - one of the taverns in Edinburgh where Young Ian followed the man he later killed in the printshop (V, chapter 27)
Bordeaux Cathedral - Ian makes Jamie go to the cathedral of Saint Andre in Bordeaux after he accidentally kills the young prostitute in the tavern (Virgins)
Boston General Hospital - Claire and Joe Abernathy are both interns at Boston General (V, chapter 18)
Boyd's Whitehorse Tavern - this is the final destination of the coach that Claire takes from Inverness to Edinburgh when she goes back through the stones to find Jamie (V, chapter 24) This is possibly meant to be the White Horse Inn which was in Whitehorse Close in Edinburgh and was the departure point for stagecoaches running between Edinburgh, Newcastle and London in the 18th century
British Museum - Uncle Lamb was killed during the Blitz. In Cross Stitch this happened when he was on his way to the British Museum (ch. 2), but in Outlander he was in the auditorium of the British Museum (ch. 2) when it happened (Cross Stitch / Outlander) Roger, Claire and Brianna find Jamie's Royal Warrant of Pardon, dated 1764, in the British Museum's Reading Room (V, chapter 17)
Bastille - a fortress in Paris used as a state prison by the kings of France. Jamie and Alex Randall go to the Guard's headquarters in the Bastille to explain what happened to Mary Hawkins (DIA, chapter 19)
Beannachd - Dougal's house. The name means 'blessed' (Outlander, chapter 15)
Beaufort Castle - Claire and Jamie travel to Beaufort Castle to see Lord Lovat and persuade him to send his men to aid Charles Stuart. Claire describes it as a small but sufficiently imposing castle built of the native stone. It has wide-mouthed gun holes at intervals along the base of the outer walls and a stable opening into the courtyard of the keep (DIA, chapter 40) Beaufort Castle is the traditional seat of the Lords Lovat. It is located near Beauly in Inverness-shire. It has also been known as Downie Castle, Dounie Castle and Beauly Castle
Beauly - Jenny asks Claire to tell her about Castle Leoch saying she has heard it is not as grand as Beauly or Kilravock (DIA, chapter 33) The castle at Beauly that Jenny is referring to would be Beaufort Castle, near Beauly in Inverness-shire, the traditional seat of the Lords Lovat
Beauly Priory - the burying place of the Lovats. Claire finds it a peaceful place to walk (DIA, chapter 41) Beauly Priory was built in the 13th century but fell into disuse in the 16th century, and was in ruins by the 18th century
Bellhurst Manor - the Duke of Sandringham's home. The house is built facing the cliffs inland rather than the open meadows. It has a short, straight drive with two utilitarian stone pillars at the entrance engraved with the Duke's crest. The house is large and lavishly furnished (DIA, chapter 44)
Berwick Prison - when Claire, Roger and Bree are searching for Jamie in the past they check the rolls of Berwick Prison (V, chapter 7)
Blue Boar - one of the taverns in Edinburgh where Young Ian followed the man he later killed in the printshop (V, chapter 27)
Bordeaux Cathedral - Ian makes Jamie go to the cathedral of Saint Andre in Bordeaux after he accidentally kills the young prostitute in the tavern (Virgins)
Boston General Hospital - Claire and Joe Abernathy are both interns at Boston General (V, chapter 18)
Boyd's Whitehorse Tavern - this is the final destination of the coach that Claire takes from Inverness to Edinburgh when she goes back through the stones to find Jamie (V, chapter 24) This is possibly meant to be the White Horse Inn which was in Whitehorse Close in Edinburgh and was the departure point for stagecoaches running between Edinburgh, Newcastle and London in the 18th century
British Museum - Uncle Lamb was killed during the Blitz. In Cross Stitch this happened when he was on his way to the British Museum (ch. 2), but in Outlander he was in the auditorium of the British Museum (ch. 2) when it happened (Cross Stitch / Outlander) Roger, Claire and Brianna find Jamie's Royal Warrant of Pardon, dated 1764, in the British Museum's Reading Room (V, chapter 17)
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Callendar House - a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk. Just before the Battle of Falkirk Muir, Jamie's scouts tell him that the Scots have been seen by English guards who have gone flying to Callendar House to warn General Hawley (DIA, chapter 43)
Cambridge University - Frank was going to take up a position at Cambridge University but was killed in a car crash before he could do so (V, chapter 19)
Castle Leoch - seat of Clan MacKenzie. Claire's first impressions are that it is blunt and solid like a fortified house (Outlander, chapter 4)
Chocolate Shop - the building next to Jamie's print shop in Carfax Close is a Chocolate Shop (V, chapter 27)
Couvent des Anges - the Convent of the Angels. This is where Mother Hildegarde and the nuns who work at L'Hopital des Anges live. Mother Hildegarde has three rooms in her suite. One is a sitting room for receiving official visitors and is quite richly furnished. The second room is a music room with a harpsichord and books and manuscripts of music (DIA, chapter 15) The Couvent has a cemetery reserved for the sisters and the people they love, as well as a few benefactors of the Hopital. This is where Faith is buried and Mother Hildegarde's dogs (V, chapter 40)
Culloden House - Culloden House is the house that Bonnie Prince Charlie requisitioned to use as his battlefield headquarters during the battlefield of Culloden. Roger goes there to research the men from Lallybroch who fought at Culloden (DIA, chapter 1). Culloden House has a small lumber-room at the top. This is the room where Dougal met his demise. (DIA, chapter 46) A lumber-room is a room used to store excess furniture when it is not being used. Culloden House is used as a hotel today
Culloden Visitor's Centre - on Culloden Field. Brianna and Roger visit there (DIA, chapter 4)
Cambridge University - Frank was going to take up a position at Cambridge University but was killed in a car crash before he could do so (V, chapter 19)
Castle Leoch - seat of Clan MacKenzie. Claire's first impressions are that it is blunt and solid like a fortified house (Outlander, chapter 4)
Chocolate Shop - the building next to Jamie's print shop in Carfax Close is a Chocolate Shop (V, chapter 27)
Couvent des Anges - the Convent of the Angels. This is where Mother Hildegarde and the nuns who work at L'Hopital des Anges live. Mother Hildegarde has three rooms in her suite. One is a sitting room for receiving official visitors and is quite richly furnished. The second room is a music room with a harpsichord and books and manuscripts of music (DIA, chapter 15) The Couvent has a cemetery reserved for the sisters and the people they love, as well as a few benefactors of the Hopital. This is where Faith is buried and Mother Hildegarde's dogs (V, chapter 40)
Culloden House - Culloden House is the house that Bonnie Prince Charlie requisitioned to use as his battlefield headquarters during the battlefield of Culloden. Roger goes there to research the men from Lallybroch who fought at Culloden (DIA, chapter 1). Culloden House has a small lumber-room at the top. This is the room where Dougal met his demise. (DIA, chapter 46) A lumber-room is a room used to store excess furniture when it is not being used. Culloden House is used as a hotel today
Culloden Visitor's Centre - on Culloden Field. Brianna and Roger visit there (DIA, chapter 4)
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Dog and Gun - one of the taverns in Edinburgh where Young Ian followed the man he later killed in the printshop (V, chapter 27)
Downie Castle - Jamie tells Claire that Brian Fraser's mother was one of the Castle Downie maids (DIA, chapter 40) Castle Downie (also spelt Castle Dounie) was the original name for Beaufort Castle, the seat of the Lords Lovat - see above
Duncan house in Cranesmuir - Geillis and her husband live in a half-timbered manor house. In Cross Stitch it is 3 stories high (ch. 9), but in Outlander it is 4 stories high (ch. 9)
Downie Castle - Jamie tells Claire that Brian Fraser's mother was one of the Castle Downie maids (DIA, chapter 40) Castle Downie (also spelt Castle Dounie) was the original name for Beaufort Castle, the seat of the Lords Lovat - see above
Duncan house in Cranesmuir - Geillis and her husband live in a half-timbered manor house. In Cross Stitch it is 3 stories high (ch. 9), but in Outlander it is 4 stories high (ch. 9)
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Edinburgh Castle - lies at the opposite end of the Royal Mile from the Palace of Holyroodhouse (DIA, chapter 37)
Eldridge Hall / Eldridge Manor - MacRannoch's home near Wentworth Prison. It's called Eldridge Hall in Cross Stitch and Eldridge Manor in Outlander (Outlander, chapter 36)
Eldridge Hall / Eldridge Manor - MacRannoch's home near Wentworth Prison. It's called Eldridge Hall in Cross Stitch and Eldridge Manor in Outlander (Outlander, chapter 36)
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Fort William Garrison - Fort William is in the Highlands of Scotland. Jack Randall was in command of the garrison there for four years (Outlander, chapter 2)
Furey Street - Claire, Frank and Brianna lived in a house on Furey St in Boston for nearly twenty years (V, chapter 19)
Furey Street - Claire, Frank and Brianna lived in a house on Furey St in Boston for nearly twenty years (V, chapter 19)
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Green Owl Tavern - a tavern in Edinburgh where the Edinburgh fiend murdered a girl (V, chapter 26)
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Hacienda de la Fuente - Father Fogden's house on Hispaniola. The name means House of the Springs. The hacienda is situated on the top of a hill and is very dilapidated with cracked yellow plaster walls overrun by bougainvillea and guavas, and has many holes in the tin roof. There is a dilapidated courtyard with a small algae-filled pool in one corner which is a natural spring which had been curbed in when the house was built. The entire courtyard is covered with overgrown trees which form a natural roof creating a leafy tunnel. The inside of the hacienda has dark polished wooden floors and sparse furnishings, except for one bedroom that used to belong to Ermenegilda which is beautifully kept and nicely furnished (V, chapter 50)
Hallidays - Ian Senior takes lodgings at Hallidays when he goes to Edinburgh to find Young Ian (V, chapter 27)
Harvard University - Frank took up a position in Harvard after Claire returned through the stones (V, chapter 3)
Haugh's Apothecary Shop - refer to Mr Haugh's Apothecary Shop
Hawkins' residence - Silas Hawkins' house on the Rue Malory in Paris. A solid, respectable house of three stories (DIA, chapter 20)
Henderson's Lodging House - the hotel in Edinburgh where the Reverend Archibald Campbell and his sister Margaret were staying. It is quiet, but luxurious, with a patterned carpet on the stairs and coloured glass in the street window. The Campbell's had rooms on the third floor (V, chapter 29)
Highland Chapel - the chapel in the Highlands where Claire wed both Frank and Jamie (Outlander, chapter 14)
Holyrood Brewery - Young Ian tracks down the one-eyed man asking about Jamie to the taproom of the Holyrood Brewery (V, chapter 27) The Holyrood Brewery was established by Archibald Campbell Younger in 1778 within the Abbey of Holyroodhouse.
Hallidays - Ian Senior takes lodgings at Hallidays when he goes to Edinburgh to find Young Ian (V, chapter 27)
Harvard University - Frank took up a position in Harvard after Claire returned through the stones (V, chapter 3)
Haugh's Apothecary Shop - refer to Mr Haugh's Apothecary Shop
Hawkins' residence - Silas Hawkins' house on the Rue Malory in Paris. A solid, respectable house of three stories (DIA, chapter 20)
Henderson's Lodging House - the hotel in Edinburgh where the Reverend Archibald Campbell and his sister Margaret were staying. It is quiet, but luxurious, with a patterned carpet on the stairs and coloured glass in the street window. The Campbell's had rooms on the third floor (V, chapter 29)
Highland Chapel - the chapel in the Highlands where Claire wed both Frank and Jamie (Outlander, chapter 14)
Holyrood Brewery - Young Ian tracks down the one-eyed man asking about Jamie to the taproom of the Holyrood Brewery (V, chapter 27) The Holyrood Brewery was established by Archibald Campbell Younger in 1778 within the Abbey of Holyroodhouse.
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Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities - the place in Inverness where Geillis, as Gillian Edgars, pursued her interest in standing stones. The Institute was housed on the top floor of a narrow house just outside the business district (DIA, chapter 48)
Inverness Library - Claire brings several of Frank's books with her to Scotland to donate to the Inverness Library (DIA, chapter 1)
Inverness Library - Claire brings several of Frank's books with her to Scotland to donate to the Inverness Library (DIA, chapter 1)
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Jared Fraser's house in Le Havre - not as large as Jared's home in Paris, but still a solid half-timbered house, three stories high (V, chapter 40)
Jared Fraser's house in Paris - a town house on the Rue Tremoulins, a wealthy district of Paris (DIA, chapter 7)
Jenny Ha's tavern - a tavern in Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 38) This was a real tavern, but it was established in 1749 so Claire would not have seen it in 1745. The tavern still exists today but it is now called The Kilderkin
Jared Fraser's house in Paris - a town house on the Rue Tremoulins, a wealthy district of Paris (DIA, chapter 7)
Jenny Ha's tavern - a tavern in Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 38) This was a real tavern, but it was established in 1749 so Claire would not have seen it in 1745. The tavern still exists today but it is now called The Kilderkin
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Kilravock - Jenny asks Claire to tell her about Castle Leoch saying she has heard it is not as grand as Beauly or Kilravock (DIA, chapter 33) Kilravock Castle is located near the village of Croy, between Inverness and Nairn
Kirk of the Cannongate - the parish church of Edinburgh Castle sited on the lower part of the Royal Mile. Colum arranges to meet Jamie here when he is in Edinburgh as he wishes to speak with him in private away from the Palace of Holyroodhouse (DIA, chapter 37)
Kirk of the Cannongate - the parish church of Edinburgh Castle sited on the lower part of the Royal Mile. Colum arranges to meet Jamie here when he is in Edinburgh as he wishes to speak with him in private away from the Palace of Holyroodhouse (DIA, chapter 37)
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Ladywalk Wynd - Alex Randall's rooms in Edinburgh are in Ladywalk Wynd, one of the poorer streets in Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 38)
Lallybroch - the main homestead on the Lallybroch estate which shares the name. It is described as "a handsome three-story house of harled white stone, windows outlined in the natural grey stone, a high slate roof with multiple chimneys, and several smaller whitewashed buildings clustered about it, like chicks about a hen." Claire identifies these buildings as a stable, shed for silage, granary, henyard, kailyard, disused chapel and brewhouse. There is also a stone broch behind the house (refer to Broch above). (Outlander, chapter 26) In Cross Stitch the stone is only described as 'harled' and not 'white harled'. Lallybroch was built in 1702 and includes modern innovations such as porcelain stoves and a great brick oven built into the kitchen wall for baking bread (Outlander, chapter 27) Lallybroch boasts a small library (DIA, chapter 34) Around 1750 a priest hole was added to the house under the floor in the back hall separating the kitchen from the pantry, just behind the root cellar. Access to the priest hole is through a large wooden panel which appears to be mortared into the floorstones, but which actually pulls up. A short ladder leads to the priest hole which is no more than five feet square and is equipped only with a bench, a blanket, a chamber pot, a jug of water and a box of hard biscuit (V, chapter 6) In the years after Culloden when English soldiers terrorised the Highlands, a panel in the entry hall was smashed in and slashed with sabers. Rather than repairing the panel, it is kept as is, to show the children what the English are (V, chapter 33)
Le Poulet Gai - a tavern in Bordeaux where Jamie and Ian go while serving as mercenaries. The name means 'The Cheerful Chicken'. It has a brothel on the upper floor (Virgins)
Leanach farmhouse - the farmhouse that Jamie is taken to after being found wounded on the field at Culloden, and the place where he and the other men with him are found by Hal Grey (V, chapter 2)
Leeds Castle - when Claire finds Jamie's name in a prison register, she wonders if it might be the register belonging to Leeds Castle (V, chapter 7)
L'Hopital des Anges - the charity hospital in Paris run by the indomitable Mother Hildegarde (DIA, chapter 11)
Lime Tree - an inn in Ardsmuir Village, named after a huge lime tree that once stood in its yard (V, chapter 9)
London University - Claire dreams of Frank giving a lecture at London University (DIA, chapter 10)
Louise de la Tour's country house - Louise takes Claire here to recover after her miscarriage. It is sited in Fontainebleu and contains a number of decorations of dubious taste (DIA, chapter 26)
Lallybroch - the main homestead on the Lallybroch estate which shares the name. It is described as "a handsome three-story house of harled white stone, windows outlined in the natural grey stone, a high slate roof with multiple chimneys, and several smaller whitewashed buildings clustered about it, like chicks about a hen." Claire identifies these buildings as a stable, shed for silage, granary, henyard, kailyard, disused chapel and brewhouse. There is also a stone broch behind the house (refer to Broch above). (Outlander, chapter 26) In Cross Stitch the stone is only described as 'harled' and not 'white harled'. Lallybroch was built in 1702 and includes modern innovations such as porcelain stoves and a great brick oven built into the kitchen wall for baking bread (Outlander, chapter 27) Lallybroch boasts a small library (DIA, chapter 34) Around 1750 a priest hole was added to the house under the floor in the back hall separating the kitchen from the pantry, just behind the root cellar. Access to the priest hole is through a large wooden panel which appears to be mortared into the floorstones, but which actually pulls up. A short ladder leads to the priest hole which is no more than five feet square and is equipped only with a bench, a blanket, a chamber pot, a jug of water and a box of hard biscuit (V, chapter 6) In the years after Culloden when English soldiers terrorised the Highlands, a panel in the entry hall was smashed in and slashed with sabers. Rather than repairing the panel, it is kept as is, to show the children what the English are (V, chapter 33)
Le Poulet Gai - a tavern in Bordeaux where Jamie and Ian go while serving as mercenaries. The name means 'The Cheerful Chicken'. It has a brothel on the upper floor (Virgins)
Leanach farmhouse - the farmhouse that Jamie is taken to after being found wounded on the field at Culloden, and the place where he and the other men with him are found by Hal Grey (V, chapter 2)
Leeds Castle - when Claire finds Jamie's name in a prison register, she wonders if it might be the register belonging to Leeds Castle (V, chapter 7)
L'Hopital des Anges - the charity hospital in Paris run by the indomitable Mother Hildegarde (DIA, chapter 11)
Lime Tree - an inn in Ardsmuir Village, named after a huge lime tree that once stood in its yard (V, chapter 9)
London University - Claire dreams of Frank giving a lecture at London University (DIA, chapter 10)
Louise de la Tour's country house - Louise takes Claire here to recover after her miscarriage. It is sited in Fontainebleu and contains a number of decorations of dubious taste (DIA, chapter 26)
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MacNab's cottage - the cottage on Lallybroch land belonging to Ronald MacNab which was burned down, with Ronald inside, after Ronald gave Jamie up to the Watch. Animals refuse to graze the land around the burnt remains of the cottage (DIA, chapter 30)
Madame Jeanne's brothel - sited in Edinburgh. It has a number of floors. The top floor is an attic floor and has three rooms, two of which house the servants. The third attic room is kept aside for Jamie's use. On the first floor above ground level is a dining room. There are cellars beneath the building, including one hidden behind a false wall which Jamie uses for his smuggling activities. A hidden water pipe brings water from the roof down to this cellar and Jamie uses it to cut the overproof brandy for resale to taverns. One side of the building faces the High Street (V, chapter 26)
Master Raymond's apothecary shop - Raymond's shop in Paris has floor to ceiling shelves which extend twice the height of a man. The shelves containing the rarer substances have folding glass doors. There is a long wooden counter running the length of the shop on both sides of the room. At the end of the room is a black slate hearth with a stone table above the charcoal fire which holds alchemical stills and apparatus and is where Raymond brews his potions and distils cherry brandy. There is a stuffed crocodile hanging from the ceiling (DIA, chapter 8) Behind the hearth there is a hidden room. Two walls of this small room are taken up with shelves which hold skulls of many different creatures (DIA, chapter 16) When Claire returns to Paris in 1766 she finds that Master Raymond's shop on the Rue de Varennes no longer exists but has been replaced by a tavern, a pawnbroker's and a small goldsmith's shop (V, chapter 40)
Montrose Terrace - the location of the flat that Jerry and Marjorie MacKenzie live in (Leaf)
Moubray's Tavern - the tavern in Edinburgh where Claire and Jamie dine (and take a room) on the second day after they are reunited when Claire goes back through the stones. It is a large, elegant place with a commodious dining room on the second floor accessed by an outside staircase, and private rooms upstairs (V, chapter 27) Moubray's Tavern was situated in Moubray House on the Royal Mile in the 18th century. Moubray House is one of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile with foundations laid in the 15th century.
Mountgerald - a big house at the end of the High Street in Inverness said to be haunted by the ghost of a workman who was killed as a sacrifice for the foundation (Outlander, chapter 1)
Mr Haugh's apothecary shop - an apothecary shop in Edinburgh which Claire visited for supplies while based in Edinburgh with Charles Stuart's army (DIA, chapter 38) it is not far from Jamie's print shop (V, chapter 24)
Madame Jeanne's brothel - sited in Edinburgh. It has a number of floors. The top floor is an attic floor and has three rooms, two of which house the servants. The third attic room is kept aside for Jamie's use. On the first floor above ground level is a dining room. There are cellars beneath the building, including one hidden behind a false wall which Jamie uses for his smuggling activities. A hidden water pipe brings water from the roof down to this cellar and Jamie uses it to cut the overproof brandy for resale to taverns. One side of the building faces the High Street (V, chapter 26)
Master Raymond's apothecary shop - Raymond's shop in Paris has floor to ceiling shelves which extend twice the height of a man. The shelves containing the rarer substances have folding glass doors. There is a long wooden counter running the length of the shop on both sides of the room. At the end of the room is a black slate hearth with a stone table above the charcoal fire which holds alchemical stills and apparatus and is where Raymond brews his potions and distils cherry brandy. There is a stuffed crocodile hanging from the ceiling (DIA, chapter 8) Behind the hearth there is a hidden room. Two walls of this small room are taken up with shelves which hold skulls of many different creatures (DIA, chapter 16) When Claire returns to Paris in 1766 she finds that Master Raymond's shop on the Rue de Varennes no longer exists but has been replaced by a tavern, a pawnbroker's and a small goldsmith's shop (V, chapter 40)
Montrose Terrace - the location of the flat that Jerry and Marjorie MacKenzie live in (Leaf)
Moubray's Tavern - the tavern in Edinburgh where Claire and Jamie dine (and take a room) on the second day after they are reunited when Claire goes back through the stones. It is a large, elegant place with a commodious dining room on the second floor accessed by an outside staircase, and private rooms upstairs (V, chapter 27) Moubray's Tavern was situated in Moubray House on the Royal Mile in the 18th century. Moubray House is one of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile with foundations laid in the 15th century.
Mountgerald - a big house at the end of the High Street in Inverness said to be haunted by the ghost of a workman who was killed as a sacrifice for the foundation (Outlander, chapter 1)
Mr Haugh's apothecary shop - an apothecary shop in Edinburgh which Claire visited for supplies while based in Edinburgh with Charles Stuart's army (DIA, chapter 38) it is not far from Jamie's print shop (V, chapter 24)
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National Portrait Gallery - a portrait of Ellen MacKenzie is displayed here (DIA, chapter 5) The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is in Edinburgh
Notre Dame - a famous cathedral in Paris. When there is an explosion in the Royal Armory in May 1744 Claire says it startled the pigeons of Notre Dame (DIA, chapter 18)
Notre Dame - a famous cathedral in Paris. When there is an explosion in the Royal Armory in May 1744 Claire says it startled the pigeons of Notre Dame (DIA, chapter 18)
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Oxford University - Frank and Roger were both academics at Oxford University
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Palace of Holyroodhouse - the British monarch's official residence in Scotland. It is situated at the end of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Charles Stuart stays here when he returns to Edinburgh after the Battle of Prestonpans (DIA, chapter 37)
Palace of Versailles - the royal chateau in Paris which was the power base of the King, Louis XV. Jamie attends the King's lever here (DIA, chapter 7) and he and Claire attend a ball there (DIA, chapter 9)
Print Shop (A. Malcolm) - Jamie's print shop in Edinburgh is at the foot of Carfax Close, with businesses and tenements on either side. On the ground floor is a broad counter across the front of the room, with a flap in it giving access to the back portion of the room. Through a door in the back is another room where the printing press is kept. The upstairs has two rooms coming off either side of the landing, and a small privy closet (V, chapter 24)
Palace of Versailles - the royal chateau in Paris which was the power base of the King, Louis XV. Jamie attends the King's lever here (DIA, chapter 7) and he and Claire attend a ball there (DIA, chapter 9)
Print Shop (A. Malcolm) - Jamie's print shop in Edinburgh is at the foot of Carfax Close, with businesses and tenements on either side. On the ground floor is a broad counter across the front of the room, with a flap in it giving access to the back portion of the room. Through a door in the back is another room where the printing press is kept. The upstairs has two rooms coming off either side of the landing, and a small privy closet (V, chapter 24)
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Quai des Orfevres - the French equivalent of Scotland Yard is housed at 36 Quai des Orfevres. This is the building Claire and Dougal go to when they visit the police station so that Claire can name Jack Randall as the man who attacked her and Mary, to stop Jamie from duelling with him (DIA, chapter 21)
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Red Boar Inn - an inn in the Highlands whose landlord is a friend of Dougal's (Outlander, chapter 22)
Royal Armory - there is an explosion in the Royal Armory in Paris in May 1744 (DIA, chapter 18)
Royal Edinburgh Hotel - Claire mentions that she has seen fancy candles in this hotel (Cross Stitch only, chapter 1)
Royal Stables and Stud - Louis XV's Royal stables and stud are in the countryside at Argentan. "The barns and stables were of quarried stone, stone-floored, slate-roofed, and maintained in a condition of cleanliness that surpassed that of "Hopital des Anges by a fair degree" (DIA, chapter 22)
Royal Armory - there is an explosion in the Royal Armory in Paris in May 1744 (DIA, chapter 18)
Royal Edinburgh Hotel - Claire mentions that she has seen fancy candles in this hotel (Cross Stitch only, chapter 1)
Royal Stables and Stud - Louis XV's Royal stables and stud are in the countryside at Argentan. "The barns and stables were of quarried stone, stone-floored, slate-roofed, and maintained in a condition of cleanliness that surpassed that of "Hopital des Anges by a fair degree" (DIA, chapter 22)
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St Denis - Claire describes Bouton as lying as still as the dogs carved on the lids of the tombs of the kings buried at St Denis (DIA, chapter 25) Claire is referring to the Basilica of St Denis, a large medieval church in Paris.
St. Kilda church - a stone building built into a natural opening in the cliff with attached graveyard. The door sill and window frames are decorated with carvings, some of which pre-date Christianity. The church was deconsecrated in 1800 (DIA, chapter 5)
St. Pancras railway station - Jerry arrives at St. Pancras station in London when he makes his way back there by train from Salisbury after returning through the stones (Leaf)
Stirling Castle - Claire passes onto Jamie the information that the siege of Stirling Castle is getting nowhere (DIA, chapter 39) Charles Stuart's forces attempted to take the castle by siege from the English between 2nd January - 1st February 1746, but were not successful
Stone cottage - Claire is taken to a stone cottage when she is rescued from Jack Randall after falling through the stones (Outlander, chapter 3)
St. Kilda church - a stone building built into a natural opening in the cliff with attached graveyard. The door sill and window frames are decorated with carvings, some of which pre-date Christianity. The church was deconsecrated in 1800 (DIA, chapter 5)
St. Pancras railway station - Jerry arrives at St. Pancras station in London when he makes his way back there by train from Salisbury after returning through the stones (Leaf)
Stirling Castle - Claire passes onto Jamie the information that the siege of Stirling Castle is getting nowhere (DIA, chapter 39) Charles Stuart's forces attempted to take the castle by siege from the English between 2nd January - 1st February 1746, but were not successful
Stone cottage - Claire is taken to a stone cottage when she is rescued from Jack Randall after falling through the stones (Outlander, chapter 3)
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The Broch - the stone broch at Lallybroch is 60 feet high, 30 feet round and has 3 floors (Outlander, chapter 28) "The old stone broch, situated on a small rise to the rear of the house, rose sixty feet above the ground, cone-topped like a witch's hat, girdled with three rows of tiny arrow slits" (Outlander, chapter 26)
The Manse - Reverend Wakefield's home. Claire notes it must be at least 100 years old. It has a long dark narrow hallway, but the Reverend's study has enormous floor to ceiling windows in one wall as he is a painter (Outlander, chapter 2)
The World's End - a tavern in Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 38) This is the tavern that Jamie and Claire go to collect Mr Willoughby from on the day that Claire reunites with Jamie (V, chapter 24) The pub is built using the foundations of the Flodden Wall which used to surround Edinburgh. The wall marked the place where the world ended and Edinburgh began.
Tolbooth - The main municipal building in Edinburgh which also contained Edinburgh's main jail. Jack Randall plans to send Claire there after he captures her trying to escape to Craigh na Dun (Outlander, chapter 21) Jamie's Lallybroch men are locked up in the Tolbooth after being caught deserting from Charles Stuart's army (DIA, chapter 42)
Tower of London - when Claire finds Jamie's name in a prison register she wonders if it might be the register for the Tower of London (V, chapter 7)
Tuileries - Claire is told of an apothecary with a store near the Tuileries (V, chapter 40) The Tuileries Palace stood on the right bank of the River Seine but was destroyed in 1871
The Manse - Reverend Wakefield's home. Claire notes it must be at least 100 years old. It has a long dark narrow hallway, but the Reverend's study has enormous floor to ceiling windows in one wall as he is a painter (Outlander, chapter 2)
The World's End - a tavern in Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 38) This is the tavern that Jamie and Claire go to collect Mr Willoughby from on the day that Claire reunites with Jamie (V, chapter 24) The pub is built using the foundations of the Flodden Wall which used to surround Edinburgh. The wall marked the place where the world ended and Edinburgh began.
Tolbooth - The main municipal building in Edinburgh which also contained Edinburgh's main jail. Jack Randall plans to send Claire there after he captures her trying to escape to Craigh na Dun (Outlander, chapter 21) Jamie's Lallybroch men are locked up in the Tolbooth after being caught deserting from Charles Stuart's army (DIA, chapter 42)
Tower of London - when Claire finds Jamie's name in a prison register she wonders if it might be the register for the Tower of London (V, chapter 7)
Tuileries - Claire is told of an apothecary with a store near the Tuileries (V, chapter 40) The Tuileries Palace stood on the right bank of the River Seine but was destroyed in 1871
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University of Leeds - when Roger, Brianna and Claire were searching for Jamie in historical records, some of those records came from the University of Leeds (V, chapter 17)
Urquhart Castle - Frank and Claire take a boat trip down Loch Ness to Urquhart Castle (Outlander, chapter 2)
Urquhart Castle - Frank and Claire take a boat trip down Loch Ness to Urquhart Castle (Outlander, chapter 2)
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Verano Castle - Jamie tells Claire that Charles Stuart insisted that his troops dig ditches at the siege of Stirling Castle because the Italian army dug ditches at the siege of Verano Castle and that's the only siege he's ever seen. This refers to the Siege of Gaeta which Charles Stuart observed as a young man (DIA, chapter 39)
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Wentworth Prison - originally a Highland fortress, now covering two acres of ground with granite walls which are 10 foot thick in Cross Stitch, but only 3 foot thick in Outlander. It is described as a gigantic cube, 400 feet on each side with a tower on each corner. The walls are two feet thick at the base with tiny windows. Wentworth Prison is where Jamie is taken after he escapes from the Watch and is recaptured (Outlander, chapter 34) It is the scene of his abuse and torture at the hands of Jack Randall and his audacious rescue which Claire engineers