further confirmation that Hogwarts is in Scotland

[queen_astrofiammante]

No: HPFGUIDX 83947

Talking about the location of Hogwarts, Geoff wrote:

> If you draw a line from the Norfolk area to Peebles and extrapolate 
it at its northern end, you are heading into the West Highlands. 
Certainly in the film, one of the well known locations was the 
Glenfinnan viaduct which is on the West Highland line from Fort 
William to Mallaig.

Now Astrofiammante:

I had cause to be wondering about locations too the other day - I was 
exercised about where Sirius might have washed ashore when swimming 
back from Azkaban, and was peering at a map of Scotland. 

And I thought what a great location Rannoch Moor would be for 
Hogwarts. It's under the Grampians, so seeing mountains in the 
distance would be no problem. It fits the conventional wisdom of 
Hogwarts being 'closer to Aberdeen than to Edinburgh'.

There's a railway line - the West Highland Line - running across it. 
And then there's this paragraph from GoF (Bloomsbury p/b p. 148):

"'It's bewitched,' said Hermione.  'If a Muggle looks at it, all they 
see is a mouldering old ruin with a sign over the entrance saying DO 
NOT ENTER, UNSAFE.'"

I would suggest that even with this precaution in place, hiding that 
mouldering old ruin in a wide swathe of inhospitable countryside is 
going to help a lot.

Apparently Rannoch Moor is famous for its 'big weather' and we 
certainly see plenty of that at Hogwarts... So that's my best guess.
 
Regarding Sirius, obviously it's total speculation because there's 
not the canon to support it, but it did occur to me that the puir 
wee doggie could have done an awful lot worse than wash ashore on 
Fraserburgh beach - that's if he didn't find himself in the Orkneys.

Astrofiammante

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