Not one of my favorite circles I must say, but a hangman’s noose is a circle nonetheless.

We see a rather sturdy scaffold with a hangman’s noose as we jet to North Carolina 1767. Into the wilds of colonial America we go. You’ll have to read the books or wait for the season to unfold. The books explain a lot more about the concepts of the stones and other mysteries they hold, but I won’t get ahead of the show. The concept of a circle of standing stones in North America was introduced much later in the books but does make sense to keep that in front of the season so viewers understand the stones are closer than our hero and heroine might expect. You will see a reoccurring theme of ‘circles’ throughout the episode. The natives start dancing ritualistically around the circle, just as we’ve seen performed at Craig Nah Dun in Scotland. They’re building a standing circle with stacks of stones. The scene is not from the book, given the time frame is thousands of years ago with North American natives. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ season 4 (Photo Credit: Starz)ĭroughtlander is OVER!!! Season four episode one of Starz’ Outlander opens well before that period though, 2000 BCE (“before common era”) to be exact.

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