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Broch Mordha is a small village in the Scottish Highlands, on the border of MacKenzie and Fraser clan lands. Contents. 1 History. 2 Events of the Novels. 2.1 Outlander. 2.2 Dragonfly in Amber. 2.3 An Echo in the Bone. 3 Trivia. 4 Gallery. 5 References. History.
Dating from the first century BC, brochs are uniquely Scottish Iron Age structures that are found across the Highlands and Islands. The region is home to around 200 brochs, many barely visible, but others are amazingly well preserved 3,000 years later.
22 sie 2022 · Mousa Broch, located on the Shetland Islands, is one of the best preserved brochs. It towers over 13 metres above the surrounding countryside and is the tallest prehistoric building in Britain . Standing on the uninhabited island of Mousa, this broch can only be reached by boat.
13 sty 2018 · Brochs are Iron Age towers, unique to Scotland, and found mainly in the North Highlands and Islands. Built between 400 BC and 200 AD, these would have been an awesome sight. Though brochs differed from one to another, they seem to have followed a certain design.
Brochs are a truly unique aspect of Scotland’s rich prehistoric tapestry. These distinctive circular drystone towers display quite startling structural complexity. They rise high from their foundations by employing a series of weight-saving and load-bearing galleries, stairways and passages within their double-skinned walls.
Lallybroch, also known as Broch Tuarach, is the small estate that belonged to Brian and Ellen Fraser, and whose ownership passed to Jamie Fraser after his father's death. According to Jamie, the land is fairly rich and offers opportunity for fishing and hunting.
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)
