Can We Time Travel Scotland?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

, , , ,


Jamie can’t time travel in the world of Outlander

Jamie Fraser doesn’t have the time-traveling gene. In the books, we find out that Brianna and Roger’s daughter, Mandy, can see people as certain elements, and Jamie is water. Those she sees as water don’t have the ability to time travel.

Can Jamie travel through the stones?

Because

Jamie doesn’t have the ability to time travel

. In episode 213 you see him touch the stones and nothing happens. He doesn’t hear any buzzing like Claire does when she gets near them.

Do the stones from Outlander exist?


The Callanish standing stones, or Calanais as they’re known in Scottish Gaelic, are located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides archipelago

. According to Historic Environment Scotland, the 5,000-year-old stone circle was “an important place for ritual activity for at least 2,000 years.”

Does Claire tell Jamie about time travel?


Jamie

.

Claire’s (second) husband is the first person she explicitly tells about her time-traveling secret

. He mostly believes her, but seeing her actually nearly get sucked in by the stones seals the deal. Claire’s secret is obviously safe with him.

What are the rules of time travel in Outlander?


Time moves at the same rate wherever you are

This is a very specific rule to Outlander and means that time continues to move forward regardless of which era you’re in. So you can jump back and forth on a whim to wherever you wish to go.

Are Claire and Geillis related?


Geillis and Claire are related through Master Raymond

. And Dougal is Jamie’s maternal uncle, making Buck Jamie’s cousin. Again, Roger is a direct descendant of Buck. And Jemmy is a descendant of all of them!

Is Craig NE Doone a real place?

Unfortunately for those loyal viewers seeking to see Craigh na Dun in real-life,

it’s a fictional place

, so there’s not an exact real life location to plan a trip around.

Is Lallybroch a real place?


Lallybroch is actually Midhope Castle

, located between South Queensferry and Linlithgow on the edges of the private Hopetoun Estate. All of this is less than 10 miles from Edinburgh making this a relatively easy place to visit if you are staying in Edinburgh, Fife or the Scottish Borders.

Is there really a Fraser’s Ridge?

Estimated location of the

fictional Fraser’s Ridge in the western part of North Carolina

. This location was the historic epicenter of Scottish migration during the Colonial era. Fayetteville was once known as Cross Creek, mentioned in Drums of Autumn and The Fiery Cross.

Why does Jamie’s ghost visit Claire?

Some think Jamie’s spirit (but not his body) traveled to through time

to guide Claire to him

; others suggest Jamie had a near-death experience after the Battle of Culloden, and that’s why his ghost is 25 when he appears to Frank.

How old is Jamie Fraser when he dies?

One thing which is clear, Jamie is technically dead when his ghost travels to the future and Gabaldon has confirmed the Highlander will be

roughly 25-year-old

when this happens.

Why did Brianna and Roger not go back?

Brianna and Roger make the difficult decision to leave their home

in order to save their daughter’s life

. In book seven, An Echo in the Bone, they make a home for themselves at Lallybroch in the 20th century. And they keep tabs on Jamie and Claire through letters Claire wrote to her husband.

Does Jenny ever find out that Claire is from the future?

Claire, Jamie and Young Ian return from America to visit, just in time to be with him as he dies, and Jenny whoops and sheds tears at seeing her son again after so long.

Claire tells the entire family her true identity of being a time-traveller from the future

, but Jenny still views her as a ‘witch’ or ‘faery-woman’.

Does Geillis remember Claire?


There was no need for Geillis to remember her at this time

. Claire killed Geillis to protect Brianna. The bones remained in the cave until they were found and sent to Joe Abernathy in 1968, which is when Claire (still in the 20th century at this point) comes across the bones and feels a connection to them. Phew!

Does Jenny ever meet Brianna in Outlander?

Brianna makes it to Lallybroch, where there’s plenty of drama in Outlander Book 4, Chapter 34. It is a great chapter for the book.

Brianna doesn’t just meet Jenny and Ian (and her cousins), but she also very quickly meets the woman who almost got her mother killed.

Does anyone else time travel in Outlander?

We still don’t know who the first time traveler in Claire’s lineage was, or how it came to be, but other travelers we’ve met include

Wendigo Donner (Brennan Martin), Otter Tooth/Robert Springer (Trevor Carroll), and Master Raymond (Dominique Pinon)

.

Who all can time travel in Outlander?

  • 6 Jeremiah Alexander Ian Fraser MacKenzie.
  • 7 Amanda Fraser MacKenzie. …
  • 8 Jeremiah Walter MacKenzie. …
  • 9 Kenneth. …
  • 10 Wendigo Donner. …
  • 11 Master Raymond. …
  • 12 Comte St. Germain. …
  • 13 Hector McEwan. This character traveled by accident from 1841 to 1737. …

Why can’t Jamie travel through the stones?

“The obvious go-to answer is that

there’s a genetic, inherited component to ‘the mojo’

.” Although, some fans did think the fact Jamie appears in post-war Scotland in the opening episode was an indication of how he could time travel after all.

Is Roger Geillis Duncan’s son?

Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan


Roger is a descendant of Geillis and Dougal’s son

. Roger has Geillis’s green eyes and inherited her ability to pass through the stones.

Is Murtagh Jamie’s father?

Murtagh is often mistaken for Jamie’s father, but

he is actually his kindly godfather

. He is not married and hasn’t fathered any children.

Why does Claire marry John GREY?

John had insisted Claire marry him

for protection

and told her it was the “last service” he could carry out for Jamie. The pair were married at John’s home and as a wedding gift, he gave her a large case of medical equipment. They ended up sleeping together and started to form a closer bond for the next few months.

How many times does Claire go through the stones?

Claire, pregnant with Brianna goes back through the stones on April 16, 1746 and reappears in Inverness in 1948, still expecting her first child with Jamie. Twenty years go by before Claire travels again, but in 1968 she goes through the stones for

a third time

to seek out her lost love Jamie.

Is Inverness real?

Inverness, royal burgh (town), Highland council area,

historic county of Inverness-shire, Scotland

. It is the long-established centre of the Highlands and lies at the best crossing place of the River Ness, which flows from Loch Ness at the east end of Glen Mor.

Are there standing stones in Scotland?

There are many ancient sites in Scotland, each with a tale to tell.

Orkney and Shetland have a particularly prevalent number of standing stones but you can also find them in Dumfries & Galloway and Argyll

.

Where is craigh na dun?

The location where they filmed Craigh na Dun scenes is

on a private farm a few miles east of the remote village of Kinloch Rannoch in Perthshire

. In the TV show, they created their own stone circle using Styrofoam standing stones in a sheltered copse of trees.

What does Laird Broch Tuarach mean?

Named for an old broch on the land, Broch Tuarach means “

north-facing tower

” in Gaelic. Lallybroch, as the estate is known among those who live there, in turn means “lazy tower”.

How old is Jamie when he meets Claire?

Though the books have Claire time traveling from the year 1946, the Starz series has her journey from 1945, which means that, in the TV series,

Claire meets Jamie when he is 22 and she is 27

. Outlander season 5 spans from 1770 to 1772, with Claire age 54 when the season begins and Jamie, age 49.

Timothy Chehowski
Author
Timothy Chehowski
Timothy Chehowski is a travel writer and photographer with over 10 years of experience exploring the world. He has visited over 50 countries and has a passion for discovering off-the-beaten-path destinations and hidden gems. Juan's writing and photography have been featured in various travel publications.