List of Scottish tartans
This list shows the patterns of selected Scottish tartans and the affiliation to the respective Scottish clan .
The check pattern typical of tartans ("tartan checks") is created during weaving by using different colored threads. Originally, tartans and their patterns in Scotland were mainly regional. The clear assignment of certain tartans to individual clans did not begin until the 16th century.
list
Tartan | clan | Remarks | Tartan | clan | Remarks |
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Armstrong | Barclay | ||||
Brodie | Bruce | ||||
Buchanan | Cameron | ||||
Campbell | Tartan of the Royal Regiment of Scotland | Chisholm | |||
Comyn | Cunningham | ||||
Douglas | Dundas | ||||
Erskine | Farquharson | ||||
Forbes | Fraser | ||||
Gordon | Graham | ||||
Grant | Gunn | ||||
Hamilton | Hay | ||||
Lamont | MacArthur | ||||
Macdonald - of the isles | MacDonald - Clanranald | ||||
Macduff | Macfarlane | ||||
Macgregor | MacLeod | ||||
MacIntyre | Mackay | ||||
Mackenzie | MacKinnon | ||||
Mackintosh | MacLachlan | ||||
Maclean | MacNab | ||||
MacNeil | MacPherson | ||||
MacQueen | Menzies | ||||
Munro | Murray | ||||
Ranald | Robertson | ||||
Scott | Sinclair | ||||
Stewart - I. | Stewart - II | ||||
Sutherland | Wallace |
Web links
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