The natural regeneration of their trees is testament to that. In Scotland, more than half of our native woodlands are in unfavourable condition (new trees are not able to grow) because of grazing, mostly by deer. Our native woodlands only cover four per cent of our landmass.

In some cases it can originate from a nickname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic word creag, meaning “rock,” similar to Peter. In other cases, the given name originates from the Scottish surname Craig, which is also derived from the same Scottish Gaelic word.

Banff, Scotland. Although Aberdeenshire lies north of the Highland boundary fault, it mainly comprises an agricultural lowland drained by rivers that generally flow east.

The Outer Hebrides has suffered vast deforestation over the centuries with Vikings destroying the tree population to prevent locals making boats. Climate change and crop expansion have also contributed to the change in landscape.

The Dress Act 1746 was part of the Act of Proscription which came into force on 1 August 1746 and made wearing “the Highland Dress” — including the kilt — illegal in Scotland as well as reiterating the Disarming Act. This would lead to the Highland pageant of the visit of King George IV to Scotland. …

Historically, Clan Durie’s seat was Durie in the parish of Scoonie, Fife, with Craigluscar, near Dunfermline and Rossend Castle in Burntisland also held by the family. Today, the Clan Chief lives at Finnich Malise on the edge of the Loch Lomond National Park.

Of all the Jacobites who survived Culloden, perhaps the most famous is Simon Fraser of Lovat. Born in 1726 the son of one of Scotland’s most infamous Jacobite nobles, he led his clansmen at Culloden in support of Charles Stuart. Wolfe refused, and Fraser escaped.

The battle, which lasted only 40 minutes, resulted in bitter defeat for the heavily outnumbered Jacobites. Some 1,000 of the Young Pretender’s army of 5,000 weak and starving Highlanders were killed by the 9,000 Redcoats, who lost only 50 men.

James “Jamie” Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser is a fictional character in the Outlander series of multi-genre novels by American author Diana Gabaldon, and its television adaptation.

Both are single in real life, but rumors have swirled that they could be dating in real life. Neither Rankin nor Skelton has confirmed this, though. Another on-screen couple that fans have shipped hard in real life is Jamie and Claire Fraser, or Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe.

Colum suffers from a condition now known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome, a degenerative disease that renders his legs immobile at times and fills his days with great physical pain.

“Dougal was always attracted to Claire but he is a cunning man. “He didn’t act on the desires he had until he could gain actual benefit from them.” Thankfully, Jamie survived, allowing him and Claire to reunite together as husband and wife once again.

Outlander season one introduced Colum MacKenzie (played by Gary Lewis) as Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) uncle and ruler of his powerful clan. Starring in the first two outings, the character was killed of in series two in a heartbreaking scene of assisted suicide.

Throughout the five seasons of Outlander, Jamie (played by Sam Heughan) has had a turbulent time with a lot of heartbreak. He had to kill his uncle Dougal MacKenzie (Graham McTavish) in season two, lost his firstborn daughter Faith with wife Claire (Caitriona Balfe) after she was stillborn.

Prepare for copious weeping, because the Saturday, May 21, episode of Outlander is best described as an emotional roller coaster. Not only did Claire (Caitriona Balfe) lose her baby daughter, she ended up having sex with the king of France (Lionel Lingelser), and we flashed forward in time to 1954.