Scotland
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Aberdeen - Stewart of Appin arrived to join Charles Stuart with 400 men from the shires of Aberdeen and Banff (DIA, chapter 39)
Appin - Stewart of Appin was one of the Highland chieftains who signed Charles Stuart's broadsheet (DIA, chapter 34) Appin is a remote coastal district of the Scottish west Highlands
Arbroath - When Jamie and Fergus are discussing where the ambush that Sir Percival warned them about will take place, they decide to rendezvous at Arbroath (V, chapter 29) Arbroath is an historic harbour, approx. 25km north-northeast of Dundee
Ardraigh - a tinker in Ardraigh tells Joe Orr that Jamie has married a Sassenach and Joe tells Ian and Jenny (Outlander, chapter 26)
Ardsmuir Village - the closest village to Ardsmuir prison (V, chapter 9) This is not a real place
Appin - Stewart of Appin was one of the Highland chieftains who signed Charles Stuart's broadsheet (DIA, chapter 34) Appin is a remote coastal district of the Scottish west Highlands
Arbroath - When Jamie and Fergus are discussing where the ambush that Sir Percival warned them about will take place, they decide to rendezvous at Arbroath (V, chapter 29) Arbroath is an historic harbour, approx. 25km north-northeast of Dundee
Ardraigh - a tinker in Ardraigh tells Joe Orr that Jamie has married a Sassenach and Joe tells Ian and Jenny (Outlander, chapter 26)
Ardsmuir Village - the closest village to Ardsmuir prison (V, chapter 9) This is not a real place
B
Balcarres - When Jamie and Fergus are discussing where the ambush that Sir Percival warned them about will take place, Fergus asks if it will be on the rocks below Balcarres (V, chapter 29) There is an historic building in Scotland called Balcarres House on the southern slope of Fife, but it is about 5km from the coast, so it is unclear whether Fergus was referring to this location
Balfour - when Jamie, Claire and Young Ian are travelling to Arbroath to rendezvous with the smuggling ship, Young Ian constantly tries to talk Jamie into letting him be part of the smuggling action. Claire notes that by the time they passed Balfour, Jamie was wearing a distinctly hunted look (V, chapter 30) This probably refers to the lands of Clan Balfour in Fife
Ballagh - in Outlander this is the name of a village that Claire, Jamie and Murtagh must pass through when they travel to the coast after leaving MacRannoch's manor, but it is not mentioned in Cross Stitch. There is a place called Ballagh in Ireland but I don't think it's a real Scottish place (Outlander only, chapter 37)
Balnain - one of the Highland villages the Reverend Wakefield did research on (DIA, chapter 4) also mentioned by Gwyllyn the bard in his story of the Laird of Balnain (Outlander, chapter 8)
Balriggan - this is where Laoghaire lives. It is near Broch Morda (V, chapter 34)
Banff - Stewart of Appin arrived to join Charles Stuart with 400 men from the shires of Aberdeen and Banff (DIA, chapter 39) Banff is in Aberdeenshire
Bargrennan - In Outlander, Claire remembers Castle Leoch as being 30 miles north of Bargrennan, but this is not mentioned in Cross Stitch. Probably because Bargrennan is in the south west of Scotland, a long way from the Highlands and the lands of Clan MacKenzie (Outlander only, chapter 4). Again in Outlander, Bargrennan is mentioned as the place where the Mackenzie party is to spend the night the day after Claire's beating (Outlander only, chapter 22)
Beauly - the seat of Clan Fraser. Beauly is 10 miles west of Inverness. The name Beauly apparently derives from a comment made by Mary, Queen of Scots, when she visited in the 16th century. She is said to have exclaimed, 'C'est un beau lieu', which means 'It's a beautiful place'
Belladrum - Claire and Murtagh met a band of gypsies at Belladrum while they were searching for Jamie after he escaped from the Watch (Outlander, chapter 34)
Ben Aden - Castle Leoch stands at the foot of Ben Aden (Outlander, chapter 25). There is a mountain in Scotland called Ben Aden but it is nowhere near the MacKenzie lands.
Braes of Mar - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, masterminded the assembling of the clans for the first Jacobite Rising, under the guise of a hunting party on the Braes of Mar in 1715 (DIA, chapter 40) The Braes of Mar is an area in Aberdeenshire. The village Braemar is situated at the upper end of the Braes of Mar
Broch Mordha - the name of the village in Broch Tuarach (Outlander, chapter 15) It is less than 10 miles from Lallybroch but the road between them is little more than a deer track and goes over steadily rising hills, with steep and rocky slopes (DIA, chapter 33)
Broch Tuarach - the small estate which was the property of Brian Fraser. It is more commonly called Lallybroch. Jamie describes it as rich ground with good fishing and some forest for hunting which supports about 60 tenants in Cross Stitch (ch. 15), or 60 crofts in Outlander (ch. 15). Broch Tuarach means 'the north-facing tower'
Brocklebury - a place where Ned bought a horse (Outlander, chapter 24)
Brockton - this is the village where Dougal takes Claire to meet Jack Randall (Outlander, chapter 12)
Burntisland - Jamie finds Mr Willoughby on the docks at Burntisland (V, chapter 25) The Reverend Archibald Campbell and his sister Margaret lived in Burntisland (V, chapter 29) Burntisland is a shipping port on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh
Balfour - when Jamie, Claire and Young Ian are travelling to Arbroath to rendezvous with the smuggling ship, Young Ian constantly tries to talk Jamie into letting him be part of the smuggling action. Claire notes that by the time they passed Balfour, Jamie was wearing a distinctly hunted look (V, chapter 30) This probably refers to the lands of Clan Balfour in Fife
Ballagh - in Outlander this is the name of a village that Claire, Jamie and Murtagh must pass through when they travel to the coast after leaving MacRannoch's manor, but it is not mentioned in Cross Stitch. There is a place called Ballagh in Ireland but I don't think it's a real Scottish place (Outlander only, chapter 37)
Balnain - one of the Highland villages the Reverend Wakefield did research on (DIA, chapter 4) also mentioned by Gwyllyn the bard in his story of the Laird of Balnain (Outlander, chapter 8)
Balriggan - this is where Laoghaire lives. It is near Broch Morda (V, chapter 34)
Banff - Stewart of Appin arrived to join Charles Stuart with 400 men from the shires of Aberdeen and Banff (DIA, chapter 39) Banff is in Aberdeenshire
Bargrennan - In Outlander, Claire remembers Castle Leoch as being 30 miles north of Bargrennan, but this is not mentioned in Cross Stitch. Probably because Bargrennan is in the south west of Scotland, a long way from the Highlands and the lands of Clan MacKenzie (Outlander only, chapter 4). Again in Outlander, Bargrennan is mentioned as the place where the Mackenzie party is to spend the night the day after Claire's beating (Outlander only, chapter 22)
Beauly - the seat of Clan Fraser. Beauly is 10 miles west of Inverness. The name Beauly apparently derives from a comment made by Mary, Queen of Scots, when she visited in the 16th century. She is said to have exclaimed, 'C'est un beau lieu', which means 'It's a beautiful place'
Belladrum - Claire and Murtagh met a band of gypsies at Belladrum while they were searching for Jamie after he escaped from the Watch (Outlander, chapter 34)
Ben Aden - Castle Leoch stands at the foot of Ben Aden (Outlander, chapter 25). There is a mountain in Scotland called Ben Aden but it is nowhere near the MacKenzie lands.
Braes of Mar - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, masterminded the assembling of the clans for the first Jacobite Rising, under the guise of a hunting party on the Braes of Mar in 1715 (DIA, chapter 40) The Braes of Mar is an area in Aberdeenshire. The village Braemar is situated at the upper end of the Braes of Mar
Broch Mordha - the name of the village in Broch Tuarach (Outlander, chapter 15) It is less than 10 miles from Lallybroch but the road between them is little more than a deer track and goes over steadily rising hills, with steep and rocky slopes (DIA, chapter 33)
Broch Tuarach - the small estate which was the property of Brian Fraser. It is more commonly called Lallybroch. Jamie describes it as rich ground with good fishing and some forest for hunting which supports about 60 tenants in Cross Stitch (ch. 15), or 60 crofts in Outlander (ch. 15). Broch Tuarach means 'the north-facing tower'
Brocklebury - a place where Ned bought a horse (Outlander, chapter 24)
Brockton - this is the village where Dougal takes Claire to meet Jack Randall (Outlander, chapter 12)
Burntisland - Jamie finds Mr Willoughby on the docks at Burntisland (V, chapter 25) The Reverend Archibald Campbell and his sister Margaret lived in Burntisland (V, chapter 29) Burntisland is a shipping port on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh
C
Calder - a place where Charles Stuart's army camped a few days before the battle of Prestonpans (DIA, chapter 36) Presumably this was somewhere near the present day villages of East Calder, Mid Calder and West Calder in West Lothian
Canongate - a district of Edinburgh named after it's main street which is in the lower half of the Royal Mile. It is named after the canons of Holyrood Abbey. When flu descends on Charles Stuart and his followers in Edinburgh, Claire spends much of her time walking the grounds of Holyrood and the Canongate (DIA, chapter 38)
Carfax Close - the street where Jamie's printing shop is located in Edinburgh (V, chapter 24)
Carlyle - Claire notes that after the success of the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Stuart talked of taking Carlyle (DIA, chapter 37) I think Claire means Carlisle which is located on the border between England and Scotland
Carrubber's Close - the Reverend Campbell and his sister Margaret were staying at Henderson's Lodging House in Carrubber's Close in Edinburgh (V, chapter 29) Carrubber's Close is a real street in the bottom half of the Royal Mile
Carryarick Pass - In Outlander Jamie was attacked and hit on the back of the head when he was near Carryarick Pass, but the pass is not mentioned in Cross Stitch (Outlander only, chapter 7). There is a pass in the Highlands of Scotland called Corrieyairack Pass which may be what this refers to
Carter's Bar - when Jamie returns to Scotland from the Lake District he comes over Carter's Bar (V, chapter 37) The Carter Bar is a pass located in the Cheviot hills and marks the border between Scotland and England
Cape Wrath - After picking up the Artemis in France, Jamie and Claire return to Cape Wrath in Scotland to collect Fergus and the men from Jamie's smuggling group (V, chapter 41) Cape Wrath is in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands and is the most northwesterly point in Britain
Clava Cairns - Claire and Brianna were thinking of visiting the Clava Cairns while in Scotland (DIA, chapter 4) The Clava Cairns are burial cairns enclosed by stone circles which does seem a very odd place for Claire to consider visiting!
Coigach - Jamie tells Claire about his experience meeting with Duncan Kerr while he was a prisoner at Ardsmuir. When Duncan talked of silkies, Jamie knew which part of the coast he meant because seals only live at the ends of the MacKenzie lands off Coigach (V, chapter 33) Coigach is the area of the peninsular north of Ullapool in the northwest highlands
Comar - When Claire and Jamie leave Beauly with Young Simon, they intend to part company at Comar, with Simon and his Fraser men going onto Edinburgh to join Charles Stuart, and Jamie ostensibly taking Claire back to Lallybroch before rejoining the army himself (DIA, chapter 41) There is a place called Comar Wood in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire which may be the place referred to here
Craigh na Dun - The hill near Inverness with the standing stones that Claire first fell through (Outlander, chapter 2) It is an hour's car ride from Inverness (V, chapter 24)
Cranesmuir - the village closest to Castle Leoch where Geillis Duncan lives with her husband, the Procurator Fiscal, Arthur Duncan (Outlander, chapter 9)
Croich Gorm - the name of the fairy hill where Claire found the sickly baby (Outlander, chapter 25)
Culloden - the site of the final battle of the 1745 Jacobite Rising
Culross - one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47)
Canongate - a district of Edinburgh named after it's main street which is in the lower half of the Royal Mile. It is named after the canons of Holyrood Abbey. When flu descends on Charles Stuart and his followers in Edinburgh, Claire spends much of her time walking the grounds of Holyrood and the Canongate (DIA, chapter 38)
Carfax Close - the street where Jamie's printing shop is located in Edinburgh (V, chapter 24)
Carlyle - Claire notes that after the success of the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Stuart talked of taking Carlyle (DIA, chapter 37) I think Claire means Carlisle which is located on the border between England and Scotland
Carrubber's Close - the Reverend Campbell and his sister Margaret were staying at Henderson's Lodging House in Carrubber's Close in Edinburgh (V, chapter 29) Carrubber's Close is a real street in the bottom half of the Royal Mile
Carryarick Pass - In Outlander Jamie was attacked and hit on the back of the head when he was near Carryarick Pass, but the pass is not mentioned in Cross Stitch (Outlander only, chapter 7). There is a pass in the Highlands of Scotland called Corrieyairack Pass which may be what this refers to
Carter's Bar - when Jamie returns to Scotland from the Lake District he comes over Carter's Bar (V, chapter 37) The Carter Bar is a pass located in the Cheviot hills and marks the border between Scotland and England
Cape Wrath - After picking up the Artemis in France, Jamie and Claire return to Cape Wrath in Scotland to collect Fergus and the men from Jamie's smuggling group (V, chapter 41) Cape Wrath is in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands and is the most northwesterly point in Britain
Clava Cairns - Claire and Brianna were thinking of visiting the Clava Cairns while in Scotland (DIA, chapter 4) The Clava Cairns are burial cairns enclosed by stone circles which does seem a very odd place for Claire to consider visiting!
Coigach - Jamie tells Claire about his experience meeting with Duncan Kerr while he was a prisoner at Ardsmuir. When Duncan talked of silkies, Jamie knew which part of the coast he meant because seals only live at the ends of the MacKenzie lands off Coigach (V, chapter 33) Coigach is the area of the peninsular north of Ullapool in the northwest highlands
Comar - When Claire and Jamie leave Beauly with Young Simon, they intend to part company at Comar, with Simon and his Fraser men going onto Edinburgh to join Charles Stuart, and Jamie ostensibly taking Claire back to Lallybroch before rejoining the army himself (DIA, chapter 41) There is a place called Comar Wood in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire which may be the place referred to here
Craigh na Dun - The hill near Inverness with the standing stones that Claire first fell through (Outlander, chapter 2) It is an hour's car ride from Inverness (V, chapter 24)
Cranesmuir - the village closest to Castle Leoch where Geillis Duncan lives with her husband, the Procurator Fiscal, Arthur Duncan (Outlander, chapter 9)
Croich Gorm - the name of the fairy hill where Claire found the sickly baby (Outlander, chapter 25)
Culloden - the site of the final battle of the 1745 Jacobite Rising
Culross - one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47)
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Dingwall - in Outlander, Claire, Jamie and Murtagh are headed towards Dingwall when they leave MacRannoch's manor, but in Cross Stitch they are just headed towards the North Sea (Outlander only, chapter 37) Dingwall is a town on the east coast of Scotland at the head of the Cromarty Firth
Donibristle - one of the Ardsmuir prisoners tells a story about the Laird of Donibristle (V, chapter 8) Jamie tells Ian he crossed at the Forth of Donibristle the last time he brought Young Ian to Edinburgh (V, chapter 26) one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47) Donibristle was an estate in Fife within the modern settlement of Dalgety Bay
Doonesbury - the place the MacKenzies flee to after rescuing Claire from Fort William (Outlander only, chapter 21)
Drumnadrochit - Roger, Claire and Brianna have a day trip to Drumnadrochit (V, chapter 17) Drumnadrochit is on the northern shore of Loch Ness
Drumossie Moor - the original name of Culloden Moor (DIA, chapter 46)
Dubhlairn - the name of the village where Hugh Munro lives (Outlander, chapter 17)
Dunbar - a town 45km east of Edinburgh. John Grey was marching to Dunbar with his regiment to join General Cope's army, when he met and attacked Jamie in the woods at Calder (DIA, chapter 36)
Dundaff - the coach Claire catches from Inverness to Edinburgh after coming back through the stones to find Jamie stops at a posthouse in Dundaff (V, chapter 24)
Dundreggan - Gwyllyn the bard tells a tale of the Wee Folk set in Dundreggan (Outlander, chapter 8)
Dunmaglass - when Jenny goes into labour with Ian she sends Fergus to tell Jamie to stay in the cave because there are English soldiers at Dunmaglass (V, chapter 5) Dumnaglass is about 24km south of Inverness and is the historical seat of Clan MacGillivray
Donibristle - one of the Ardsmuir prisoners tells a story about the Laird of Donibristle (V, chapter 8) Jamie tells Ian he crossed at the Forth of Donibristle the last time he brought Young Ian to Edinburgh (V, chapter 26) one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47) Donibristle was an estate in Fife within the modern settlement of Dalgety Bay
Doonesbury - the place the MacKenzies flee to after rescuing Claire from Fort William (Outlander only, chapter 21)
Drumnadrochit - Roger, Claire and Brianna have a day trip to Drumnadrochit (V, chapter 17) Drumnadrochit is on the northern shore of Loch Ness
Drumossie Moor - the original name of Culloden Moor (DIA, chapter 46)
Dubhlairn - the name of the village where Hugh Munro lives (Outlander, chapter 17)
Dunbar - a town 45km east of Edinburgh. John Grey was marching to Dunbar with his regiment to join General Cope's army, when he met and attacked Jamie in the woods at Calder (DIA, chapter 36)
Dundaff - the coach Claire catches from Inverness to Edinburgh after coming back through the stones to find Jamie stops at a posthouse in Dundaff (V, chapter 24)
Dundreggan - Gwyllyn the bard tells a tale of the Wee Folk set in Dundreggan (Outlander, chapter 8)
Dunmaglass - when Jenny goes into labour with Ian she sends Fergus to tell Jamie to stay in the cave because there are English soldiers at Dunmaglass (V, chapter 5) Dumnaglass is about 24km south of Inverness and is the historical seat of Clan MacGillivray
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Edinburgh - Scotland's capital and the setting for a number of scenes in the books, e.g. Claire finds Jamie in Edinburgh when she returns through the stones
Eldridge Wood - the woods where Claire fends off the wolves after leaving Wentworth Prison (Outlander, chapter 36)
Eriskay - the first place Charles Stuart landed in Scotland was the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides
Erlick - Colum says he has given the Duke of Sandringham permission to hunt the lands above Erlick (Outlander, chapter 25)
Eskadale - in Outlander, Jenny says that the Watch will be taking Jamie on the road towards Eskadale, but in Cross Stitch she just says they will be taking the low road (chapter 33) When Jamie gives himself up to the English it is planned that they will meet him somewhere between Struy and Eskadale (V, chapter 6) Eskadale is about 11km southwest of Beauly
Eldridge Wood - the woods where Claire fends off the wolves after leaving Wentworth Prison (Outlander, chapter 36)
Eriskay - the first place Charles Stuart landed in Scotland was the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides
Erlick - Colum says he has given the Duke of Sandringham permission to hunt the lands above Erlick (Outlander, chapter 25)
Eskadale - in Outlander, Jenny says that the Watch will be taking Jamie on the road towards Eskadale, but in Cross Stitch she just says they will be taking the low road (chapter 33) When Jamie gives himself up to the English it is planned that they will meet him somewhere between Struy and Eskadale (V, chapter 6) Eskadale is about 11km southwest of Beauly
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Falkirk - a town in the Scottish lowlands midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Falkirk was the site of the Battle of Falkirk Muir on 17 January 1746, and is the title of chapter 43 of Dragonfly in Amber
Feesyhant's burn - a stream in the valley where Lallybroch is located. When Jamie gives himself up to the English he crosses into the valley by this burn to make it look as if he is returning home (V, chapter 6)
Firth of Forth - Sir Percival Turner's customs agent Tompkins travels around all the shipping ports in the Firth of Forth (V, chapter 47) The Firth of Forth is the large estuary of Scotland's River Forth and has many settlements around it, including Edinburgh
Fort Augustus - Roger has heard every tale of the Loch Ness monster ever told in the pubs of Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus (V, chapter 17) Fort Augustus is situated at the southernmost tip of Loch Ness, halfway between Inverness and Fort William
Fort William - Fort William is in the Highlands of Scotland. Jack Randall was in command of the garrison there for four years (Outlander, chapter 2)
Feesyhant's burn - a stream in the valley where Lallybroch is located. When Jamie gives himself up to the English he crosses into the valley by this burn to make it look as if he is returning home (V, chapter 6)
Firth of Forth - Sir Percival Turner's customs agent Tompkins travels around all the shipping ports in the Firth of Forth (V, chapter 47) The Firth of Forth is the large estuary of Scotland's River Forth and has many settlements around it, including Edinburgh
Fort Augustus - Roger has heard every tale of the Loch Ness monster ever told in the pubs of Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus (V, chapter 17) Fort Augustus is situated at the southernmost tip of Loch Ness, halfway between Inverness and Fort William
Fort William - Fort William is in the Highlands of Scotland. Jack Randall was in command of the garrison there for four years (Outlander, chapter 2)
G
Gladsmuir - the Battle of Prestonpans was first called the Battle of Gladsmuir (DIA, chapter 36) Gladsmuir is a village near Prestonpans but the main reason the Battle was referred to as the Battle of Gladsmuir was because of a prophecy made by Thomas the Rhymer in the 15th century that predicted that the second to last battle for Scottish independence would take place at a place called Gladesmuir.
Glen Richie - one of the men who finds Jamie lying on Culloden Moor and takes him to a farmhouse is Duncan MacDonald of Glen Ritchie (V, chapter 1) I don't think Glen Ritchie is a real place
Glenfinnan - The place in Scotland where Charles Stuart started his campaign to reclaim his throne on August 19th 1745. Glenfinnan is in the Lochaber area on the west coast of the Highlands
Great Glen - Frank and Claire take a day trip to the Great Glen (Outlander, chapter 2)
Glen Richie - one of the men who finds Jamie lying on Culloden Moor and takes him to a farmhouse is Duncan MacDonald of Glen Ritchie (V, chapter 1) I don't think Glen Ritchie is a real place
Glenfinnan - The place in Scotland where Charles Stuart started his campaign to reclaim his throne on August 19th 1745. Glenfinnan is in the Lochaber area on the west coast of the Highlands
Great Glen - Frank and Claire take a day trip to the Great Glen (Outlander, chapter 2)
H
Holyrood - the area of Edinburgh lying east of the city centre at the end of the Royal Mile. Holyrood means Holy cross. The title of chapter 37 of Dragonfly in Amber is Holyrood
I
Inverness - Where it all began. Claire and Frank were holidaying in Inverness after the war when Claire disappeared through the stones. (Outlander, chapter 1)
Isle of Lewis - Jerry and Marjorie MacKenzie spend their honeymoon on the Isle of Lewis (Leaf) The Isle of Lewis is the largest and most northern island in the Outer Hebrides chain and home to the standing stones of Callanish
Isle of Lewis - Jerry and Marjorie MacKenzie spend their honeymoon on the Isle of Lewis (Leaf) The Isle of Lewis is the largest and most northern island in the Outer Hebrides chain and home to the standing stones of Callanish
K
Keppoch - Alexander MacDonald of Keppoch was one of the Highland chieftains who signed Charles Stuart's broadsheet (DIA, chapter 34) The MacDonalds of Keppoch lived on the point of land between Loch Linnhe and Loch Leven on the west coast of Scotland
Kerse - one of the Highland villages the Reverend Wakefield did research on (DIA, chapter 4) Claire is taken to Kerse by the English after being 'rescued' from Dougal's men during the Battle of Falkirk Muir (DIA, chapter 44) Young Ian is in a tavern in Kerse when he first sees the man he later kills in the printshop (V, chapter 27)
Kiltorlity - Dougal tells Claire that Jamie was captured near Kiltorlity, but in Cross Stitch the village is not named (Outlander only, chapter 34) This probably should be Kiltarlity which is a small village 4km south of Beauly
Kinwallis - Hobart MacKenzie lives in Kinwallis (V, chapter 38)
Kirkinmill - a place where Jamie and Claire trade a lame horse for a fresh one on their way home to Lallybroch after leaving Beauly (DIA, chapter 41)
Knockchoilum - Jamie and Claire plan to leave Lallybroch when they hear there are English soldiers at Knockchoilum (Outlander, chapter 32)
Kerse - one of the Highland villages the Reverend Wakefield did research on (DIA, chapter 4) Claire is taken to Kerse by the English after being 'rescued' from Dougal's men during the Battle of Falkirk Muir (DIA, chapter 44) Young Ian is in a tavern in Kerse when he first sees the man he later kills in the printshop (V, chapter 27)
Kiltorlity - Dougal tells Claire that Jamie was captured near Kiltorlity, but in Cross Stitch the village is not named (Outlander only, chapter 34) This probably should be Kiltarlity which is a small village 4km south of Beauly
Kinwallis - Hobart MacKenzie lives in Kinwallis (V, chapter 38)
Kirkinmill - a place where Jamie and Claire trade a lame horse for a fresh one on their way home to Lallybroch after leaving Beauly (DIA, chapter 41)
Knockchoilum - Jamie and Claire plan to leave Lallybroch when they hear there are English soldiers at Knockchoilum (Outlander, chapter 32)
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Lag Cruime - Jamie arranges to meet Horrocks in the hills above Lag Cruime (Outlander, chapter 19)
Lallybroch - the name the locals give to Broch Tuarach, the small estate which was the property of Brian Fraser. Jamie describes it as rich ground with good fishing and some forest for hunting which supports about 60 tenants in Cross Stitch (ch. 15), or 60 crofts in Outlander (ch. 15). Lallybroch sits in a mountain pass and so is a valuable strategic asset for a clan to hold (Outlander, chapter 20)
Lanark - the English Captain who escorts Claire south after she is 'rescued' from Dougal's men, has to first take a supply train of wagons to Lanark (DIA, chapter 44)
Leith Wynd - the street next door to Carfax Close in Edinburgh (V, chapter 27)
Limraigh - the place where Claire first pretends to be a fortune teller when she and Murtagh are looking for Jamie after he escaped from the Watch. I don't think this is a real place (Outlander, chapter 34)
Livingston - one of the Highland villages the Reverend Wakefield did research on (DIA, chapter 4) Claire is taken to Livingston to see Colonel Campbell after she is 'rescued' from Dougal's men by the English at the Battle of Falkirk Muir (DIA, chapter 44)
Loch Awe - when Ian Snr catches sight of Jamie when he first arrives to join the mercenary company in France, Jamie is so pale that Ian describes him as "swaying back and forth like a reed on Loch Awe" (Virgins). Loch Awe is located in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland
Loch Garve - mentioned in the story of the waterhorse of Loch Garve (Outlander, chapter 18)
Loch Laggan - In Outlander Jamie was with a few lads from Loch Laggan when he was attacked and hit on the back of the head. (Outlander only, chapter 7)
Loch Madoch - a loch that Jamie and Claire pass on their way to Craigh na Dun after the witch trial (Outlander only, chapter 25)
Loch Ness - Frank and Claire take a day trip to Loch Ness (Outlander, Chapter 2). Claire and MacKenzie party stop here on the way back to Castle Leoch after the rent collecting and Claire sees the waterhorse (Outlander, chapter 19) Claire takes Brianna to Loch Ness on their trip to Scotland (DIA, chapter 1)
Lochend - The settlement at the head of Loch Ness where Frank and Claire take a boat trip from (Cross Stitch only, chapter 2)
Lallybroch - the name the locals give to Broch Tuarach, the small estate which was the property of Brian Fraser. Jamie describes it as rich ground with good fishing and some forest for hunting which supports about 60 tenants in Cross Stitch (ch. 15), or 60 crofts in Outlander (ch. 15). Lallybroch sits in a mountain pass and so is a valuable strategic asset for a clan to hold (Outlander, chapter 20)
Lanark - the English Captain who escorts Claire south after she is 'rescued' from Dougal's men, has to first take a supply train of wagons to Lanark (DIA, chapter 44)
Leith Wynd - the street next door to Carfax Close in Edinburgh (V, chapter 27)
Limraigh - the place where Claire first pretends to be a fortune teller when she and Murtagh are looking for Jamie after he escaped from the Watch. I don't think this is a real place (Outlander, chapter 34)
Livingston - one of the Highland villages the Reverend Wakefield did research on (DIA, chapter 4) Claire is taken to Livingston to see Colonel Campbell after she is 'rescued' from Dougal's men by the English at the Battle of Falkirk Muir (DIA, chapter 44)
Loch Awe - when Ian Snr catches sight of Jamie when he first arrives to join the mercenary company in France, Jamie is so pale that Ian describes him as "swaying back and forth like a reed on Loch Awe" (Virgins). Loch Awe is located in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland
Loch Garve - mentioned in the story of the waterhorse of Loch Garve (Outlander, chapter 18)
Loch Laggan - In Outlander Jamie was with a few lads from Loch Laggan when he was attacked and hit on the back of the head. (Outlander only, chapter 7)
Loch Madoch - a loch that Jamie and Claire pass on their way to Craigh na Dun after the witch trial (Outlander only, chapter 25)
Loch Ness - Frank and Claire take a day trip to Loch Ness (Outlander, Chapter 2). Claire and MacKenzie party stop here on the way back to Castle Leoch after the rent collecting and Claire sees the waterhorse (Outlander, chapter 19) Claire takes Brianna to Loch Ness on their trip to Scotland (DIA, chapter 1)
Lochend - The settlement at the head of Loch Ness where Frank and Claire take a boat trip from (Cross Stitch only, chapter 2)
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Mariannan - a village near Broch Tuarach with a good sized church (DIA, chapter 4)
Midmains - in Outlander, Jenny says that she and Claire will be able to catch the Watch up at Midmains after they take Jamie, but no place name is mentioned in Cross Stitch (chapter 33) When Jamie gives himself up to the English it is planned that they will meet him somewhere between Struy and Eskadale, most likely at Midmains (V, chapter 6)
Monadhliath Mountains - when Claire, Jamie and Ian arrive at Lallybroch, Jamie looks towards the Monadhliath Mountains to gauge whether it will rain (V, chapter 32) The Monadhliath Mountains lie south-east of Loch Ness and west of the Cairngorms
Moray Firth - Claire catches a glimpse of the Moray Firth when she and Jamie travel to Lord Lovat's lands (DIA, chapter 40) Moray Firth is an inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness and the largest firth in Scotland. One arm of the inlet branches into Beauly Firth where the town of Beauly is sited.
Muldaur - Laoghaire's first husband, Hugh MacKenzie, was from Muldaur (DIA, chapter 37) As far as I can tell Muldaur is not an actual place
Mullen's Cove - refer to Mullin's Cove
Mullin's Cove - the beach where Jamie was planning on rendezvousing with the boat bringing in his smuggled goods (V, chapter 27) The spelling changes to Mullen's Cove in chapter 29 of Voyager
Musselburgh - one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47)
Midmains - in Outlander, Jenny says that she and Claire will be able to catch the Watch up at Midmains after they take Jamie, but no place name is mentioned in Cross Stitch (chapter 33) When Jamie gives himself up to the English it is planned that they will meet him somewhere between Struy and Eskadale, most likely at Midmains (V, chapter 6)
Monadhliath Mountains - when Claire, Jamie and Ian arrive at Lallybroch, Jamie looks towards the Monadhliath Mountains to gauge whether it will rain (V, chapter 32) The Monadhliath Mountains lie south-east of Loch Ness and west of the Cairngorms
Moray Firth - Claire catches a glimpse of the Moray Firth when she and Jamie travel to Lord Lovat's lands (DIA, chapter 40) Moray Firth is an inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness and the largest firth in Scotland. One arm of the inlet branches into Beauly Firth where the town of Beauly is sited.
Muldaur - Laoghaire's first husband, Hugh MacKenzie, was from Muldaur (DIA, chapter 37) As far as I can tell Muldaur is not an actual place
Mullen's Cove - refer to Mullin's Cove
Mullin's Cove - the beach where Jamie was planning on rendezvousing with the boat bringing in his smuggled goods (V, chapter 27) The spelling changes to Mullen's Cove in chapter 29 of Voyager
Musselburgh - one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47)
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Nairn - Charles Stuart marched his army to Nairn but had to turn and retreat immediately (DIA, chapter 46) Nairn is a fishing port and market town 26km east of Inverness
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Perth - when Claire is reflecting on the benefits of civilisation she notes that metropolitan areas such as Perth have newspapers, whereas the Highlands of Scotland do not (Outlander, chapter 34) Ian Snr writes to a man in Perth about seed potatoes (DIA, chapter 34)
Pitsligo - Lord Pitsligo provided most of the cavalry for Charles Stuart's army (DIA, chapter 39) Pitsligo is in Aberdeenshire
Preston - Claire tells Jamie that the Battle of Prestonpans took place near the town of Preston (DIA, chapter 36) That town is called Prestonpans today, but may have been called Preston in 1745. It was originally named 'Prieststown' by monks who lived there. 'Prieststown' was shortened to 'Prieston' and then 'Preston'
Prestonpans - the site of the first significant battle in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and the title of chapter 36 of Dragonfly in Amber. Prestonpans is a small town in East Lothian about 15km east of Edinburgh
Pitsligo - Lord Pitsligo provided most of the cavalry for Charles Stuart's army (DIA, chapter 39) Pitsligo is in Aberdeenshire
Preston - Claire tells Jamie that the Battle of Prestonpans took place near the town of Preston (DIA, chapter 36) That town is called Prestonpans today, but may have been called Preston in 1745. It was originally named 'Prieststown' by monks who lived there. 'Prieststown' was shortened to 'Prieston' and then 'Preston'
Prestonpans - the site of the first significant battle in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and the title of chapter 36 of Dragonfly in Amber. Prestonpans is a small town in East Lothian about 15km east of Edinburgh
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Quinborough / Quinbrough - the place where Dougal's men were waiting while he met Claire in the cave. Spelt the first way in Cross Stitch and the second in Outlander (ch. 34)
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Restalrig - one of the shipping ports on the Firth of Forth that Harry Tompkins visited while working as a customs agent for Sir Percival Turner (V, chapter 47) Restalrig is a suburb of Edinburgh today
River Ness - one of the Reverend Wakefield's parishioner's drowned in the River Ness (DIA, chapter 4)
Rossmoor - one of the places Claire and Murtagh stay while searching for Jamie after he escapes from the Watch (Outlander, chapter 34)
Royal Mile - the main street in Edinburgh. It is a steep street, rising on a 45 degree angle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the bottom and Edinburgh Castle at the top (DIA, chapter 37)
River Ness - one of the Reverend Wakefield's parishioner's drowned in the River Ness (DIA, chapter 4)
Rossmoor - one of the places Claire and Murtagh stay while searching for Jamie after he escapes from the Watch (Outlander, chapter 34)
Royal Mile - the main street in Edinburgh. It is a steep street, rising on a 45 degree angle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the bottom and Edinburgh Castle at the top (DIA, chapter 37)
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Scotus - Angus MacDonald of Scotus was one of the Highland chieftains who signed Charles Stuart's broadsheet (DIA, chapter 34) Scotus is the Latin word for a Scot
Sherriffmuir - site of the Battle of Sherriffmuir during the first Jacobite Rising in 1715. Sherriffmuir lies on the Ochil Hills on the Perthshire border of Scotland. Jamie notes that the Jacobite forces were defeated at Sherriffmuir before James Stuart even arrived (DIA, chapter 7)
Shetland Islands - the piper Labhriunn MacIan comes from the Shetlands (DIA, chapter 43) The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of Britain off the north-east tip of Scotland and are a group of nearly 100 islands. They are quite remote from the Scottish mainland being 80km from the Orkney islands and are closer to Bergen in Norway than Aberdeen in Scotland.
Skye - Jamie says he didn't trust Dougal when he returned from France and asked Murtagh to meet him as he didn't want to end up as a dead body in the surf off Skye. This is not in Cross Stitch, no doubt because Skye is an awfully long way from France and on the wrong coast! (Outlander only, chapter 17)
St. Kilda - a village near Broch Tuarach with a good sized church and the burial place of Jack Randall (DIA, chapter 4) Claire finds Jamie's gravestone here when visiting in 1968 (DIA, chapter 5)
St Ninian's Spring - the saint's pool that Dougal takes Claire to after she's seen Jack Randall (Outlander, chapter 13)
Stirling - the Duke of Sandringham broke an axletree outside Stirling (Outlander, chapter 24) After his success at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Stuart talks about taking Stirling (DIA, chapter 37) Stirling is in the centre of Scotland and is known as the gateway to the Highlands as it sits in the geologic zone where the lowlands give way to the mountains of ScotlandTarwathie - Claire says that Jamie is a landlubber and "not one of the hardy, seafaring Scots who hunted whales from Tarwathie'. (DIA, chapter 6) This is from a whaling ballad about a man who leaves his farm in Tawarthie to go hunting for whales near Greenland. Tarwathie is a farm in Aberdeenshire
Struan - Jamie tells Ian he travelled down through Struan the last time he brought Young Ian to Edinburgh (V, chapter 26) This must refer to the rural community in the Perthshire lands of Clan Robertson and not the village of Struan on the Isle of Skye
Struy - When Jamie gives himself up to the English it is planned that they will meet him somewhere between Struy and Eskadale (V, chapter 6) Struy is a small village about 15km southwest of Beauly
Sherriffmuir - site of the Battle of Sherriffmuir during the first Jacobite Rising in 1715. Sherriffmuir lies on the Ochil Hills on the Perthshire border of Scotland. Jamie notes that the Jacobite forces were defeated at Sherriffmuir before James Stuart even arrived (DIA, chapter 7)
Shetland Islands - the piper Labhriunn MacIan comes from the Shetlands (DIA, chapter 43) The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of Britain off the north-east tip of Scotland and are a group of nearly 100 islands. They are quite remote from the Scottish mainland being 80km from the Orkney islands and are closer to Bergen in Norway than Aberdeen in Scotland.
Skye - Jamie says he didn't trust Dougal when he returned from France and asked Murtagh to meet him as he didn't want to end up as a dead body in the surf off Skye. This is not in Cross Stitch, no doubt because Skye is an awfully long way from France and on the wrong coast! (Outlander only, chapter 17)
St. Kilda - a village near Broch Tuarach with a good sized church and the burial place of Jack Randall (DIA, chapter 4) Claire finds Jamie's gravestone here when visiting in 1968 (DIA, chapter 5)
St Ninian's Spring - the saint's pool that Dougal takes Claire to after she's seen Jack Randall (Outlander, chapter 13)
Stirling - the Duke of Sandringham broke an axletree outside Stirling (Outlander, chapter 24) After his success at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Stuart talks about taking Stirling (DIA, chapter 37) Stirling is in the centre of Scotland and is known as the gateway to the Highlands as it sits in the geologic zone where the lowlands give way to the mountains of ScotlandTarwathie - Claire says that Jamie is a landlubber and "not one of the hardy, seafaring Scots who hunted whales from Tarwathie'. (DIA, chapter 6) This is from a whaling ballad about a man who leaves his farm in Tawarthie to go hunting for whales near Greenland. Tarwathie is a farm in Aberdeenshire
Struan - Jamie tells Ian he travelled down through Struan the last time he brought Young Ian to Edinburgh (V, chapter 26) This must refer to the rural community in the Perthshire lands of Clan Robertson and not the village of Struan on the Isle of Skye
Struy - When Jamie gives himself up to the English it is planned that they will meet him somewhere between Struy and Eskadale (V, chapter 6) Struy is a small village about 15km southwest of Beauly
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Tavistock - one of the places Claire stopped on her journey south with the English soldiers after being 'rescued' from Dougal's men at the Battle of Falkirk Muir. I don't think this is a real place in Scotland (DIA, chapter 44)
Tranent - a town in East Lothian about 18km east of Edinburgh. Jamie and his Lallybroch men join the Highland Army here (DIA, chapter 36)
Tunnaig - a small village in the MacKenzie lands and the place where Jamie finally has enough of Dougal using him as a prop to raise money for the Jacobites and gets into a fist fight with three men at the inn (Outlander, chapter 11)
Tranent - a town in East Lothian about 18km east of Edinburgh. Jamie and his Lallybroch men join the Highland Army here (DIA, chapter 36)
Tunnaig - a small village in the MacKenzie lands and the place where Jamie finally has enough of Dougal using him as a prop to raise money for the Jacobites and gets into a fist fight with three men at the inn (Outlander, chapter 11)
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Ullapool - Jamie gets permission from John Grey for one of the Ardsmuir prisoners to write to his apothecary cousin in Ullapool requesting medicines for some sick prisoners (V, chapter 10) Ullapool is on the east shore of Loch Broom on the north-west coast of Scotland
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Weem - Jamie tells Ian he travelled down through Weem the last time he brought Young Ian to Edinburgh (V, chapter 26) Weem is a village near Aberfeldy in Perthshire
Wentworth - the town where Wentworth Prison is located. Claire, Murtagh, Rupert and the others stay here while planning Jamie's escape (Outlander, chapter 35)
Whitburgh - the man who showed the Highland Army a safe way through the swamp at the Battle of Prestonpans was a local man called Richard Anderson of Whitburgh (DIA, chapter 36) Presumably Whitburgh is close to Tranent and Prestonpans
Wentworth - the town where Wentworth Prison is located. Claire, Murtagh, Rupert and the others stay here while planning Jamie's escape (Outlander, chapter 35)
Whitburgh - the man who showed the Highland Army a safe way through the swamp at the Battle of Prestonpans was a local man called Richard Anderson of Whitburgh (DIA, chapter 36) Presumably Whitburgh is close to Tranent and Prestonpans