If you watch the Outlander series on TV or have read the Outlander books, you’re familiar with the MacKenzie Clan and in particular, James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. If not, keep reading and you will be soon enough. In Scotland, clans originated from Celtic or Norman ancestors. In the case of the MacKenzie family, it was Celtic origins. The Celts – Ancient MacKenzie Blood There are no written records from the Celts themselves, so historians have had to piece together Celtic history using historical accounts from other cultures and archeological findings. The first known incident involving the Celts is from 400 BC in Northern Italy. They are referred to as…
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Outlander – Inverness, Scotland
I’m a big fan of the Outlander TV series and the books by Diana Gabaldon. With the long mid-season break taking place, I decided to do some research into the historical locations and people in the Outlander stories. Inverness, Scotland Inverness is where Claire and Frank go for their honeymoon. It is located to the south of the Highlands, next to the Ness river. Looking back to the time when the Outlander story takes place, there was a castle located in Inverness in 1745. The castle was occupied by Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite followers. Fearing that the…
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