MACKAY (ANCIENT) [non-wool] Choose:By the metre An early sample of the

An early sample of the Black Watch tartan labelled 'Grant' is in the collection of Lt Gen Sir William Cockburn at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow

First mentioned by Wilsons of Bannockburn in 1805

A bold combination

The book appears to be a curious mixture of fact and fiction in keeping with the romantic ideology of the time

juniper and moss

MACKAY (ANCIENT) [non-wool] Choose:By the metre An early sample of theThe pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief for Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the 'Green' Mackay.