MacEwen Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1587. Earliest known date: 1906 The tartan resembles the Campbell of Loudoun except for the red stripe. MacEwans have a historical link with the Campbells dating from 1432 when the lands of MacEwan of the Otter were annexed to Campbell territory. The association was not always a happy one and the 'broken' MacEwans settled in various parts of Lennox, Lochaber and Galloway. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015

In pattern RKGKBKBKBKGKY.

This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 13 stripes tartan.

Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1587

Thread count

R/4 K2 G24 K24 DB24 K2 DB4 K2 DB24 K24 G24 K2 Y/4 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
DB#2C2C80 #2C2C80B #2C40840.05
G#006818 #006818G #0064000.02
K#101010 #101010K #0000000.17
R#C80000 #C80000R #C800000.00
Y#E8C000 #E8C000Y #E8C0000.00

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Campbell of Loudoun — ΔT 0.29
  2. Campbell of Loudoun Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 3. Earliest known date: 1886 The rarest of the Campbell tartans, Loudoun is nevertheless, acknowledged by the MacCailein Mor, Chief of the Clan Campbell. It is similar to the Campbell of Argyll except for a different arrangement of black 'tramlines' on the blue stripe. The tartan may have its origin in the formation of 'Loudouns Highlanders' raised at the time of the '45 and disbanded in 1748 though a similar claim is made for another sett. The weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, produced many variations of the Black Watch, for the Highland regiments, by adding coloured stripes to the basic pattern. The sett was not published until 1886 when James Grant included it in 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland' published by W and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.36
  3. Lochcarron District Tartan Tartan Number: 731. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.39
  4. Logan Rogers Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 0.44
  5. MacKenzie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 267. Earliest known date: 1778 The MacKenzie is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, who were raised by MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, in 1778. The clan held lands in Ross-shire and around Muir of Ord, but in the 12th century, they were removed to Wester Ross, (Kintail). The chiefly line of Kintail died out (as prophecisied by the Brahan Seer) and the MacKenzies of Cromarty were recognised as Chiefs of the Clan. Wilson's 1819 pattern book records various widths and weights of cloth suitable for the different ranks in the regiment. The 'hard' tartan of the period was known to cut the legs of the private soldiers. There is a certified sample in the Highland Society of London collection signed by Mrs MacKenzie of Seaforth (1816). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.44
  6. Loch Carron — ΔT 0.45
  7. Baillie (William Wilson) — ΔT 0.53
  8. Baillie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 278. Earliest known date: 1800 The pattern books of the old firm of weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, provide a definitive source for the Baillie tartan. Wilson's were in business with a monopoly to supply tartan to the regiments. Wilson supplied the MacLeods, the MacKenzies and the Campbells with variations of the basic 'Black Watch' regimental sett. The Fencibles regiments were formed as a 'home guard' at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Baillies Fencibles were disbanded in 1802 and it has been suggested that it was the white stripe of the MacKenzie turned yellow with age, that became the Baillie tartan some years later. Scoured but unbleached wool turns yellow in the course of a few years, but this theory is discounted by an entry in Wilson's manuscript notebooks of 1800, that 'this was the sett in which the Baillie Fencibles were clothed'. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.55
  9. The Red Hackle — ΔT 0.55
  10. Paterson (Dalgleish Version) — ΔT 0.58

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 15726 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.

Campbell of LoudounCampbell of Loudoun Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 3. Earliest known date: 1886 The rarest of the Campbell tartans, Loudoun is nevertheless, acknowledged by the MacCailein Mor, Chief of the Clan Campbell. It is similar to the Campbell of Argyll except for a different arrangement of black 'tramlines' on the blue stripe. The tartan may have its origin in the formation of 'Loudouns Highlanders' raised at the time of the '45 and disbanded in 1748 though a similar claim is made for another sett. The weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, produced many variations of the Black Watch, for the Highland regiments, by adding coloured stripes to the basic pattern. The sett was not published until 1886 when James Grant included it in 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland' published by W and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Lochcarron District Tartan Tartan Number: 731. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Logan Rogers Hunting (Personal)MacKenzie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 267. Earliest known date: 1778 The MacKenzie is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, who were raised by MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, in 1778. The clan held lands in Ross-shire and around Muir of Ord, but in the 12th century, they were removed to Wester Ross, (Kintail). The chiefly line of Kintail died out (as prophecisied by the Brahan Seer) and the MacKenzies of Cromarty were recognised as Chiefs of the Clan. Wilson's 1819 pattern book records various widths and weights of cloth suitable for the different ranks in the regiment. The 'hard' tartan of the period was known to cut the legs of the private soldiers. There is a certified sample in the Highland Society of London collection signed by Mrs MacKenzie of Seaforth (1816). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Loch CarronBaillie (William Wilson)Baillie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 278. Earliest known date: 1800 The pattern books of the old firm of weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, provide a definitive source for the Baillie tartan. Wilson's were in business with a monopoly to supply tartan to the regiments. Wilson supplied the MacLeods, the MacKenzies and the Campbells with variations of the basic 'Black Watch' regimental sett. The Fencibles regiments were formed as a 'home guard' at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Baillies Fencibles were disbanded in 1802 and it has been suggested that it was the white stripe of the MacKenzie turned yellow with age, that became the Baillie tartan some years later. Scoured but unbleached wool turns yellow in the course of a few years, but this theory is discounted by an entry in Wilson's manuscript notebooks of 1800, that 'this was the sett in which the Baillie Fencibles were clothed'. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015The Red HacklePaterson (Dalgleish Version)

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