MACDONALD OF THE ISLES RED (MODERN) SOLID in a mid-19th cent

in a mid-19th cent

This was manufactured by Wilsons of Bannockburn as 'Lochiel Tartan' (that is Cameron of Lochiel) and how it became a Munro tartan is a mystery

the most subdued of tartans becomes one of the most striking

Stewart thought this took place about the time of the Union (1707)

MACDONALD OF THE ISLES RED (MODERN) SOLID in a mid-19th centAlso known as MacCullough. From the 1750 portrait of the MacDonald Boys by Jeramiah in Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye. This original version used three colours red, green and black. the black line was dropped by mistake or design in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842