Scotland

Scotland
Location information
Location	Great Britain, northwestern Europe
Affiliation	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Scottish National Quidditch team Wigtown Wanderers

Scotland is a Celtic country on the island of Great Britain in Western Europe that is part of the United Kingdom. Its only land border is with England, to the south. Its capital city is Edinburgh.

Wizarding world

Education

Hogwarts Castle

Scotland was known as the location of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the magical village of Hogsmeade, the only all-wizarding settlement in Great Britain. The more remote, mountainous terrain of Scotland made it a more likely choice of place for an institution that had to be disguised to keep it invisible to Muggles. Its location was unknown, and Unplottable; however, Hermione Granger believed it to be close to Dufftown, in the Moray region of North-Eastern Scotland.

Games and sports

Creaothceann

Creaothceann originated in Scotland, and is regarded as the most dangerous of all broom games. Creaothceann players were equipped with a broomstick and wore a cauldron strapped to their head. At the start of the game, a hundred rocks that had been charmed to float a hundred feet (30.48m) above the ground began to fall to the ground. The players then zoomed around the field, trying to catch as many rocks in their cauldrons as possible.

Quidditch

The Scottish National Quidditch team was the national Quidditch team for Scotland competed in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.

The Banchory Bangers were a Scottish Quidditch team noted for their poor skills and post-match parties. After a match against the Appleby Arrows in 1814, the Bangers allowed their Bludgers to zoom off into the night, and set out to capture a Hebridean Black to be their mascot.

Other Scottish teams included the Montrose Magpies, Pride of Portree, and Wigtown Wanderers.

Magical creatures

Scotland was one of the most frequent national violators of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, Clause 73 (the clause that ensured the secrecy of magical creatures). This is mostly due to frequent Muggle sightings of the "Loch Ness Monster", the world's largest kelpie, who resided in Loch Ness. Due to the large number of sightings, it was considered impossible to use Memory Charms on all the Muggles who have spotted the creature; therefore the Office of Misinformation instead focused on discrediting any photographic evidence.

Native to Scotland

Selkie

Blast-Ended Skrewt

Giant Squid

Hebridean Black (Hebrides Islands)

Quintaped (Isle of Drear)

Vampyr Mosp

Hinkypunk

Flying Seahorse

• Possibly ogres, as one was possibly seen drinking in the Three Broomsticks Inn.
• Blood-Sucking Bugbear
• Weetimorousbeastie (River Clyde) (possibly)

Great Britain

The following creatures were found throughout Great Britain:

Kelpie

Augurey

Thestral

Vampire

Niffler

Jarvey

Centaur

Grindylow

Murtlap

Imp

Aethonan

Moke

Gytrash

Europe

The following creatures were found in certain regions of Europe that Scotland fell under:

Unicorn

Hippogriff

Goblin

Doxy

Knarl

Troll

Graphorn

Gnome

Red Cap

Jobberknoll

Dugbog

Glumbumble

Nogtail

Mackled Malaclaw

North Sea

The following creatures were found throughout the North Sea:

Lobalug

Atlantic Ocean

The following creatures were found throughout the Atlantic Ocean:

Sea serpent

Shrake

Worldwide

The following creatures were all found worldwide:

Ashwinder

Bundimun

Chizpurfle

Clabbert

Fairy

Flobberworm

Ghoul

Kneazle

Merpeople

Mooncalf

Plimpy

Puffskein

Fire Dwelling Salamander

Streeler

Werewolf

Winged horse

Magical plants

Native to Scotland

Bubotuber

Devil's Snare

Wiggentree

Moondew

• Wiggenbush

Food and beverages

• The source of the sparkling beverage McSpratts was in the Vale of McGowan in the Scottish Highlands.
• Quintin Black was a brand of alcohol produced and sold in Scotland by the Quintin family.

Known individuals

Wizardkind

• Guthrie Lochrin was a wizard who lived in 1107 and made a broomstick flight from Montrose to Arbroath.
• The McGonagall family and Ross family of Caithness. Isobel McGonagall (née Ross) was a witch and mother of Minerva McGonagall, Robert McGonagall Jnr and Malcolm McGonagall. Minerva was a Professor of Transfiguration and later Headmistress of Hogwarts.
• Prudence, Modesty Rabnott's sister, was from Aberdeen, Scotland sometime around the 13th century.
• The Quintin family was a Scottish wizarding family who manufactured Quintin Black.
• Rowena Ravenclaw was a medieval witch and one of the four founders of Hogwarts. She was noted for her cleverness and creativity, and was described by Xenophilius Lovegood as "beautiful." The Sorting Hat introduced her as "fair Ravenclaw, from glen", suggesting she was from Scotland.
• Torquil McTavish was a Scottish broom flier in the 18th century.

Muggles

• Angus Fleet was a Muggle who lived in Peebles, Scotland. On 1 September, 1992, the Daily Prophet reported how he spotted a Ford Anglia in flight and told the police about it.
• Robert McGonagall Snr, (husband of the witch Isobel McGonagall, and father of their magical children Minerva McGonagall, Robert McGonagall Jnr, and Malcolm McGonagall).

Known locations

Exclusively magical

• North Ford Bog
  • Pitt-upon-Ford
  • San Bakar's Tower
• Hogsmeade Valley
  • Hogsmeade
    • High Street (Hogsmeade)
  • Overlook Mine
  • Horklump Hollow
  • Upper Hogsfield
  • Falbarton Castle
• Forbidden Forest
  • Spinners Cavern
  • Jackdaw's Tomb
• North Hogwarts Region
  • Korrow Ruins
  • The Collector's Cave
• South Hogwarts Region
  • Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
  • Lower Hogsfield
  • Aranshire
• Hogwarts Valley
  • Brocburrow
    • Dale Family Tomb
  • Keenbridge
  • Lower Hogsfield
  • Gilded Perch
  • The Mine's Eye
• Feldcroft Region
  • Feldcroft
    • Feldcroft Catacomb
  • Rookwood Castle
  • Irondale
  • Moonstone Garden
• South Sea Bog
• Coastal Cavern
• Poidsear Coast
  • Poidsear Castle
  • Tomb of Treachery
  • Phoenix Mountain Cave
• Marunweem Lake
  • Marunweem
  • Marunweem Ruins
  • Tower Tunnel
  • Coastal Mine
• Manor Cape
  • Bainburgh
  • Bainburgh Manor
  • Henrietta's Hideaway
• Cragcroftshire
  • Cragcroft
• Clagmar Coast
  • Clagmar Castle

Muggle and magical

• Aberdeen
• Arbroath
• Argyllshire, was a county of Scotland until 1975
• Banchory
• Dufftown
• Dundee
• Edinburgh (capital city)
• Glasgow
  • River Clyde
• Hebrides Islands (a group of islands located off the west coast of Scotland)
  • Isle of Drear
  • Isle of Skye
    • Portree
• Inverness
• Loch Lomond, a famous lake in Scotland
• Loch Ness, a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands
• Lowercroft
  • Wildbrook Crescent
• Montrose
• Peebles
• Vale of McGowan, Scottish Highlands
• Wigtown

Behind the scenes

• A number of the scenes in the films were filmed in Scotland.
• The following people involved with Harry Potter came from Scotland:
  • David O'Hara, who portrayed Albert Runcorn in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
  • David Tennant, who portrayed Barty Crouch Jnr in the the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
  • James Runcie, the director of J. K. Rowling: A Year in the Life.
  • Katie Leung, who portrays Cho Chang in the Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.
  • Kelly Macdonald, who portrayed Helena Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
  • Lewis MacLeod, the voice actor who voiced Albus Dumbledore, Boris the Bewildered, and an unidentified Ministry Wizard in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
  • Patrick Doyle, composer of the score for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
  • Peter Mullan, who portrayed Yaxley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
  • Robbie Coltrane , who portrayed Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2, and so is one of the 14 actors to appear in all eight film adaptations.
  • Sean Biggerstaff, who portrayed Oliver Wood in the film adaptations of Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is from Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Shirley Henderson, who portrayed Moaning Myrtle in the film adaptations of Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - The Complete Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
• J. K. Rowling's official site (Mentioned only)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Quidditch Through the Ages
• The Queen's Handbag
• Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• LEGO Harry Potter
• LEGO Creator: Harry Potter
• Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• LEGO Dimensions
• Harry Potter for Kinect
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells
• Wonderbook: Book of Potions
• Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
• Harry Potter: The Character Vault
• Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells
• Wonderbook: Book of Potions
• Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
• Harry Potter: Magic Caster Wand