List of tartans
This is a list of tartans from around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations. There are also innumerable tartan designs that are not affiliated with any group, but were simply created for aesthetic reasons.
British noble and regimental tartans
Tartans in this section are those of the current or former British royal family, of individual British nobility members, and of British military regiments that use traditional Scottish attire, mostly Highland regiments.
Image | Association | Origin | Country | Notes |
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House of Stuart/Stewart | Highlands Clans, Scottish royalty | Scotland | The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organisational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as general British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Elizabeth II. |
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House of Stuart/Stewart | Highland clans, Scottish royalty | Scotland | Another "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart. It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan", though it appears in the Vestiarium Scoticum at least 23 years before his birth. While the work's historical claims have been shown to be spurious, it described the design as the "clanne Stewart tartan", and the work was popular, so the tartan would have been familiar before George's birth in 1865. It is worn officially today by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards, and remain in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan. |
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Duke of Rothesay | Highland clans; Scottish royalty | Scotland | The individual tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, a dynastic title of the heir-apparent to the British (and formerly separate Scottish) throne; currently Prince Charles. |
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Black Watch | British military; roots among the Highland clans | Scotland | This is officially used by: the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots); Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); and the former 42nd Regiment of Foot. The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, especially popular for evening-wear, owing to its muted tones. |
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William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton | Lowlands, Scottish nobility | Scotland |
UK military or Government tartans
A number of tartans, worn by UK military units, are known as Government tartans, and are defined in a Standard[1] currently maintained by Defence Equipment and Support within the Ministry of Defence. They are known by a number, a name, or both. The commonest are Government 1, Black Watch; Government 1A, a slightly lighter form of Black Watch worn by the Royal Regiment of Scotland; and Royal Stewart.
The following list includes those Government tartans worn by UK military units as from the creation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006 onwards. Other units wear a named clan tartan without it being defined by this standard, e.g. 32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment and the pipers of the Royal Corps of Signals wear Grant, and the tartan of 154 (Scottish) Regiment Royal Logistics Corps is MacDuff. For the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the pipes and drums in each battalion wear the uniform of their antecedent regiment (as listed below) for ceremonial purposes, but the Regiment's standard Government 1A for non-ceremonial purposes.[2]
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1 | Black Watch | 3 SCOTS drummers (inherited from The Black Watch) |
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1A | Sutherland | Royal Regiment of Scotland, including Band and 7 SCOTS drummers (inherited from Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
4 | Cameron of Erracht | 4 SCOTS pipers and drummers (inherited from The Highlanders pipers and drummers) | |
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5A | MacKenzie | 2 SCOTS Drum Major (inherited from Royal Highland Fusiliers and Highland Light Infantry) |
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6 | Douglas | Royal Gurkha Rifles pipers |
7 | Leslie | Former 1 SCOTS drummers (inherited from King's Own Scottish Borderers) | |
8 | Hunting Stewart | Former 1 SCOTS Drum major (inherited from The Royal Scots) | |
[3] | 11 | Red Erskine | 2 SCOTS pipers and drummers |
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Royal Stewart | Former 1 SCOTS pipers
3 SCOTS pipers 7 SCOTS pipers Scots Guards pipers Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pipers | |
[4] | Hunting Rose | Royal Tank Regiment pipes and drums, and officers in black tie |
Note: 1 SCOTS Pipers and Drummers were disbanded in 2021.
Scottish clan tartans
The tartans in this list are those ascribed to particular clans of Scotland, including Highland, Lowland, Isles, and Borders clans. Their status varies widely; armigerous clans generally accept them, while some have been officially adopted or rejected by a clan chief.
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Abercromby | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[5] | Agnew | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[6] | Ainslie | Scotland | ||
[7] | Aiton | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[8] | Anderson | Scotland | Shared with Clan Gillanders | |
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Anstruther | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as Duke of Fife tartan,[9] shared with clans Beveridge, Ged, Halkerston, Halkett, Kinloch, Kinnear, Logie, Lundin, Orrock, Primrose, Balfour, Boswell, Moncur and Kirkcaldy[10] [11] [12][13][14][15][16] [17] [18] [19] |
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Arbuthnott | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Armstrong | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[20] | Arnott | Scotland | ||
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Arthur | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as “MacArthur”; has an additional tartan called “Milton.”[21] |
[22] | Baillie | Scotland | ||
[23] | Bain | Scotland | ||
[24] | Baird | Scotland | ||
[25] | Balfour | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Barclay | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[26] | Baxter | Scotland | ||
[27] | Bell | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[28] | Bethune | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “MacBeth,” shared with Clan McBain |
[29] | Bissett | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[30] | Blackadder | Scotland | Also known as “Tweedside District“, shared with clans Blyth, Haliburton, Learmonth, Mow, Polwarth, Purves, Spottiswood, Swinton, Renton and Boswell[31] [32] [33] [34][35][36] [37] [38] | |
[39] | Blackstock | Scotland | ||
[40] | Blair | Scotland | ||
[41] | Borthwick | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[42] | Boswell | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[43] | Boyd | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Fairlie and Fullarton[44] [45] |
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Brodie | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[46] | Broun | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[47] | Buchan | Scotland | ||
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Buchanan | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Dewar and Masterton[48] [49] |
[50] | Burnett | Scotland | ||
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Cameron | Highland clans | Scotland | “Cameron of Erracht” variant shared with Clan Chalmers[51] |
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Campbell | Highland clans | Scotland | Image is the so called "Old Campbell" which is a lightened form of the Black Watch regimental tartan, adopted by Clan Campbell, and shared with clans Bannatyne, Lyon and Paterson[52] |
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Campbell of Breadalbane | Highland clans | Scotland | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
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Campbell of Cawdor | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Calder and McCorquodale[53] |
[54] | Carmichael | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[55] | Carnegie | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Carruthers | Lowland/Borders clans | Scotland | |
[56] | Charteris | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Roxburgh,” shared with clans Belshes, Hopkirk, Riddell, Wauchope, Ainslie, Routledge, Rutherford and Haig, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Mow[57] [58] [59] [60] |
[61] | Chattan | Confederation of highland clans | Scotland | Based on Mackintosh Chief, shared with clans Davidson, Farquharson, MacBean, MacGillivray, MacIntyre, MacKintosh, MacLean, MacPhail, MacPherson, MacQueen, MacThomas, and Shaw as its members[62] |
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Chisholm | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Fenton[63] |
[64] | Cleland | Scotland | ||
[65] | Cochrane | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[66] | Cockburn | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Colquhoun | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Kirkpatrick and Laing[67] |
[68] | Colville | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as ”Ayrshire District,” shared with clans Dalrymple, Whitelaw and Arnott, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boswell[69] [70] |
[71] | Cooper | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[72] | Craig | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Cranstoun | Borders clans | Scotland | |
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Crawford | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[73] | Crichton | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Edinburgh District”, shared with clans Congilton, Dalmahoy, Newton, Pennycook, Pentland, Preston, Skirving, Spalding, Trotter and Moubray[74][75] [76] [77][78] [79] [80] [81] [82] |
[83] | Crosbie | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Cumming | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Cheyne[84] |
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Cunningham | Lowland clans | Scotland | Has additional dancer tartans.[85] |
[86] | Dalziel | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Davidson | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[87] | Don | Scotland | Shared with Clan Mar | |
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Donald | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as “MacDonald“, shared with branches Dunnyveg and Largie, as well as clans Boyle, Heron, MacColl, Smith, Bissett, Houston and Kelly[88] [89] |
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Donnachaidh | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as ”Robertson” |
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Douglas | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Glen, Glendinning, Sandilands, Troup, and Blackstock[90] [91] [92] [93] |
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Drummond | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Grewar |
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Dunbar | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Duncan | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Leslie of Wardis” |
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Dundas | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[94] | Dunlop | Scotland | ||
[95] | Edmonstone | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Elliot | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[96] | Elphinstone | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Erskine | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[97] | Ewing | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Farquharson | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Christie, second set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
[98] | Fergusson | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | |
[99] | Fletcher | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Forbes | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Bannerman and Meldrum[100] [101] |
[102] | Forrester | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[103] | Forsyth | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Fraser | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Abernethy and Tweedie, and second set of tartans shared with clans Grewar and Bissett[104] |
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Fraser of Lovat | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Galbraith | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Mitchell”, shared with clans Hunter and Russell[105][106] |
[107] | Galloway | Scotland | Shared with clans Aikenhead, Blane, Clephane, Horsburgh, Newlands, McGeachie, Pringle and McKerrell, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boyle[108] [109] [110] | |
[111] | Gardyne | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Garden“ and “Angus”, shared with Clan Maule, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Horsburgh[112] |
[113] | Gayre | Highland (proposed) | Scotland | |
[114] | Gibbs | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Gordon | Borders clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Adam and Brisbane, and second set of tartans shared with clans Meldrum, Laing and Mar[115] [116] |
[117] | Gow | Scotland | ||
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Graham | Borders clans | Scotland | “Graham of Montrose” variant shared with Clan Allardice,[118] “Graham of Menteith” variants shared with clans Haldane and Monteith, and both shared with Clan Pitcairn[119] [120] |
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Grant | Highland clans[121] | Scotland | Shared with Clan Cairns, second set of tartans shared with Clan Heron, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Bissett[122] |
[123] | Gray | Scotland | ||
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Gregor | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as “MacGregor”; Shared with clans Callender, Grierson, Bain, Peter and Strange, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Grewar[124] [125] [126] |
[127] | Grewar | Scotland | ||
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Gunn | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Guthrie | Scotland | ||
[128] | Haig | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Hamilton | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[129] | Hannay | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Hay | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Leask |
[130] | Henderson | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | Has an additional dance tartan.[131] |
[132] | Hepburn | Scotland | ||
[133] | Hog | Borders clans | Scotland | Also known as “Ettrick District“. |
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Home | Borders clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Wedderburn and Aiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Rutherford[134] |
[135] | Hope | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[136] | Houston | Scotland | ||
[137] | Hutton | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Strathclyde District“, shared with clans Roberton and Muirhead[138] |
[139] | Inglis | Scotland | ||
[140] | Innes | Highland clans | Scotland | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton |
[141] | Irvine | Scotland | ||
[142] | Jardine | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Gardyne |
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Johnstone | Borders clans | Scotland | Sometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surname often has non-Scottish origins; shared with Clan Marjoribanks |
[143] | Keith | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | Shared with clans Falconer and Mercer[144] |
[145] | Kelly | Scotland | ||
[146] | Kennedy | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Kerr | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[147] | Kincaid | Scotland | ||
[148] | Kinnaird | Scotland | ||
[149] | Kinninmont | Scotland | Also known as “Nithsdale District” | |
[150] | Kirkcaldy | Scotland | ||
[151] | Laing | Scotland | ||
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Lamont | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Lammie, and fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson[152] |
[153] | Leask | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Lennox | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Gartshore[154] |
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Leslie | Lowland clans | Scotland | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Abernethy, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Laing |
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Lindsay | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Auchinleck, Byres, and Fotheringham[155] [156] [157] |
[158] | Little | Borders clans | Scotland | |
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Livingstone | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[159] | Lockhart | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Logan | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | Shared with Clan MacLennan[160] |
[161] | Lumsden | Lowland/Borders | Scotland | |
[162] | Lyon | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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MacAlister | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacAulay | Highland clans | Scotland | Third set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and fifth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
[163] | MacBean | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Binning, and second set of tartans shared with Clan McBain[164] |
[165] | MacCallum | Scotland | ||
[166] | MacColl | Scotland | ||
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MacDonald of Clanranald | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[167] | MacDonald of Keppoch | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacDonald of Sleat | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Darroch, and second set of tartans shared with clans MacColl, Houston and Kelly[168] |
[169] | MacDonnell of Glengarry | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacDougall | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan MacDowall [170] |
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MacDowall | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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MacDuff | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Spens[171] |
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MacEwan | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacFarlane | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Macfie | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as “MacPhee”. |
[172] | MacGillivray | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacInnes | Highland clans | Scotland | Third set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton |
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MacIntyre | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacIver | Scotland | ||
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MacKay | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Mackie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Bain[173] |
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Mackenzie | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Mackinnon | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Mackintosh | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Nairn and MacThomas[174] |
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MacLachlan | Highland clans | Scotland | |
Maclaine of Lochbuie | Highland clans | Scotland | ||
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MacLaren | Highland clans | Scotland | Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and sixth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
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MacLea | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Livingstone |
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MacLean | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan MacBrayne, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillon[175] |
[176] | MacLellan | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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MacLeod | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as “McLeod of Harris”, second set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
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MacLeod of Lewis | Highland clans | Scotland | Third set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
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MacLeod of Raasay | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Rossie, and fourth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale[177] |
[178] | MacMillan | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Baxter |
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Macnab | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[179] | Macnaghten | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | Second set of tartans shared with Clan MacBrayne |
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MacNeacail | Isle of Skye | Scotland | Also known as “MacNicol”; shared with clans Nicolson and Cunningham[180] |
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MacNeil | Highland clans | Scotland | Formally known as “MacNeil of Barra”; has an additional tartan currently not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.[181] [182] |
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MacNeil of Colonsay | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacPhail | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Macpherson | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacQuarrie | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Macqueen | Highland clans | Scotland | Image shows both Macqueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant". |
[183] | Macrae | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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MacTavish | Highlands | Scotland | Shared with Clan Thomson |
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MacThomas | Highland clans | Scotland | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Thomson |
[184] | Maitland | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[185] | Makgill | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “MacGill” |
[186] | Malcolm | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | |
[187] | Mar | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[188] | Marjoribanks | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[189] | Matheson | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Maxwell | Borders clans | Scotland | Shared with clans Adair, Herries, Maxton and Pollock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Blackstock[190][191] [192] |
[193] | McAlpine | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[194] | McCulloch | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[195] | McGeachie | Scotland | ||
[196] | McKerrell | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[197] | Melville | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Menzies | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[198] | Mercer | Scotland | ||
[199] | Middleton | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[200] | Moffat | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[201] | Moncreiffe | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[202] | Moncur | Scotland | Also known as “Crieff District.” | |
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Montgomery | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Morrison | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | |
[203] | Mouat | Scotland | ||
[204] | Moubray | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Muir | Highland clans | Scotland | Also known as “More”; The California State tartan, seen below, is also based on this pattern. |
[205] | Muirhead | Scotland | ||
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Munro | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Murray | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Murray of Atholl | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Fleming, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Spalding[206] |
[207] | Nairn | Scotland | ||
[208] | Napier | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[209] | Nesbitt | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[210] | Newlands | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[211] | Ochterlony | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Ogilvy | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Kinnaird |
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Oliphant | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Paisley | Scotland | Shared with clans Caldwell, Cathcart, Walkinshaw and Ralston, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Brisbane[212] [213] [214] | |
[215] | Paterson | Scotland | Has an additional tartan known as “MacKellar” | |
[216] | Pitcairn | Scotland | ||
[217] | Pollock | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[218] | Pringle | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[219] | Rait | Scotland | Also known as “Inverness District.” | |
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Ralston | Lowland clans | Scotland | Currently the only Scottish clan to have additional American and Universal tartans.[220][221] |
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Ramsay | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[222] | Rattray | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[223] | Renton | Scotland | Also known as “Glasgow District“. | |
[224] | Rollo | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Rose | Highland clans | Scotland | |
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Ross | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Lockhart, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillanders |
[225] | Routledge | Scotland | ||
[226] | Rutherford | Lowland/Borders | Scotland | |
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Ruthven | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Scott | Borders clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Langlands[227] |
[228] | Scrymgeour | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[229] | Sempill | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Seton | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[230] | Shaw | Highland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Schaw |
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Sinclair | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[231] | Skene | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[232] | Smith | Scotland | ||
[233] | Somerville | Scotland | ||
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Stewart/Stuart | Highland and Lowland | Scotland | Shared with clans Denniston and Lyle, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Heron[234][235] |
[236] | Stewart of Appin | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[237] | Stirling | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Bannockburn,“ shared with clans Glas and Norvel, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Aikenhead[238][239] |
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Strachan | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[240] | Straiton | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Perthshire District,” shared with Clan Butter, and second set of tartans shared with clans Arnott, Balfour, Mercer, Maule and Spens[241] |
[242] | Strange | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[243] | Stuart of Bute | Highland clans | Scotland | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Glas |
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Sutherland | Highland clans | Scotland | |
[244] | Tailyour | Scotland | ||
[245] | Tait | Scotland | ||
[246] | Tennant | Scotland | ||
[247] | Thomson | Scotland | ||
[248] | Turnbull | Borders clans | Scotland | |
[249] | Udny | Scotland | Also known as “Aberdeen District“, shared with clans Meikle and Straiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Pitblado[250] | |
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Urquhart | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
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Wallace | Lowland clans | Scotland | Also known as “Wallace Red", and is also notably used on the 3M brand Scotch tape. |
[251] | Wardlaw | Scotland | ||
[252] | Watson | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[253] | Weir | Lowland clans | Scotland | Shared with Clan Hope |
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Wemyss | Lowland clans | Scotland | |
[254] | Wishart | Scotland | ||
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Wood | Lowland clans | Scotland | Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected.[255] |
[256] | Young | Borders clans | Scotland |
Scottish non-clan family tartans
Tartans in this list are ascribed to specific families or surnames, though not to Scottish clans; they range in date from 21st century to considerably older.
Image | Association | Origin | Country | Notes |
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Bruce[257] | Scottish Lowlands | Scotland | Shared with clans Carruthers and Crosbie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kinnaird[258] |
[259] | Currie | Scotland | ||
[260] | Durie | Scottish Lowlands | Scotland | |
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Lauder | Scotland | Shared with Clan Maitland | |
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McCandlish | Loch Lomond area, Wigtownshire, and Ayrshire | Scotland | Registered with STA in 1992 (no. 3324) and STR in 2009 (no. 5216). Also exists in green, grey, and arisaid (white-field) variants.[261] |
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Oliver | Borders area | Scotland | |
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Park | Scotland |
Non-Scottish family tartans
These are (mostly modern) tartans created for families without a direct connection to Scotland.
Cornish
Organisational tartans
Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial, non-profit, and military organisations.
Image | Association | Origin | Country | Notes |
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Burberry Check | Company design | England | Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats. |
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US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band | Strathmore Woollen Company | United States | Adopted by the band in the early 1990s. Although it has no official US Military recognition, it has been widely accepted by US servicemen with Air Force connections. Originally created in 1988 as Lady Jane of St Cirus. A variation of this is named US Forces Thurso. |
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DunBroch/Merida | Disney | United States | Created for the 2012 film Brave |
Regional tartans
Tartans in these lists were created (mostly in modern times) for particular national and sub-national jurisdictions, most often officially, though with some exceptions.
Canada
Cornwall
United States
See also
- Border tartan
- Scottish Register of Tartans
- Scottish Tartans Authority
- Vestiarium Scoticum § Tartans – tables of tartans listed in this antique but questionably accurate manuscript, with the addition of thread counts and Scottish Tartans Society designations
References
- "Technical Specification for Cloth, Tartan, Various. UK/SC/6335 Issue 05" (PDF). 15 August 2014.
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- "Red Erskine" – via Photobucket.
- "Hunting Rose" – via photobucket.
- "Clan Agnew Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Ainslie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Aiton Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Anderson Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Anstruther Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Beveridge Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Ged Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Halkerston Tartan".
- "Halkett Tartan".
- "Kinloch Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Kinnear Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Logie Tartan".
- "Lundin Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Orrock Tartan".
- "Primrose Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Arnott Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Arthur Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Baillie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bain Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Baird Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Balfour Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Baxter Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bell Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bethune Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bisset Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Blackadder Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Blyth Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Haliburton Tartan".
- "Learmonth Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Mow Tartan".
- "Polwarth Tartan".
- "Purves Tartan".
- "Spottiswood Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Swinton Tartan".
- "Clan Blackstock Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Blair Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Borthwick Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Boswell Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Boyd Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Fairlie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Fullarton Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Brown / Broun Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Buchan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Dewar Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Masterton Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Clan Burnett Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Chalmers Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bannatyne Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Calder Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Carmichael Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Carnegie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Charteris Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Belshes Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Hopkirk Tartan".
- "Riddell Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Wauchope Tartan".
- "Chattan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Archived copy". clanchattan.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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- "Clelland Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Cochrane Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Cockburn Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Kirkpatrick - Scotcrest".
- "Colville Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Dalrymple Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Whitelaw Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Cooper Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Craig Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Crichton Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Congilton Tartan".
- "Dalmahoy Tartan".
- "Newton Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Pennycook Tartan".
- "Pentland Tartan".
- "Preston Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Skirving Tartan".
- "Spalding Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Trotter Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Crosbie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Cheyne Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Cunningham Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Dalziel Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Don Tartan".
- "Clan Boyle Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Heron Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Glen Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Glendinning Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Sandilands Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Troup Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Dunlop Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Edmonstone Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Elphinstone Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans". tartanregister.gov.uk.
- "Fergusson Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Fletcher Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bannerman Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Meldrum Tartan".
- "Forrester Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Forsyth Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Abernethy Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Hunter Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Russell Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Galloway Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Aikenhead Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Blane Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Horsburgh Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Garden Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Maule Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans". www.tartanregister.gov.uk.
- "Gibbs Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Adam Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Brisbane Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Gow Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Allardice Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Haldane Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Monteith Tartan".
- "Girl Dresses -".
- "Cairns Tartan".
- "Gray Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Callender Tartan".
- "Grierson Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Peter Tartan".
- "Grewar Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Haig Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Hannay Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Henderson Tartan". ScotClans.
- http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/5176/henderson-dress-dance
- "Hepburn Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Hog Tartan".
- "Wedderburn Tartan".
- "Hope Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Houston Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Hutton Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Roberton Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Inglis Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Innes Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Irvine Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Jardine Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Keith Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Falconer Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Kelly Tartan".
- "Kennedy Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Kincaid Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Kinnaird Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Kinninmont Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Kirkcaldy Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Laing Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Lammie Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Leask Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Gartshore Tartan".
- "Clan Auchinleck Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Byres Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Fotheringham Tartan".
- "Little Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Lockhart Tartan". ScotClans.
- "MacLennan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Lumsden Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Lyon Tartan". ScotClans.
- "MacBain Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Binning Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacCallum Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacColl Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacDonnell of Keppoch Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Darroch Tartan".
- "MacDonell of Glengarry Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacDowall Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Spens Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacGillivray Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Mackie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacThomas Tartan".
- "MacBrayne Tartan".
- "MacLellan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Rossie Tartan".
- "MacMillan Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacNaughton Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Nicolson Tartans". ScotClans.
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- "MacNeil Tartans". ScotClans.
- "MacRae Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Maitland Tartan". ScotClans.
- "MacGill Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Malcolm Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Mar Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Marjoribanks Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Matheson Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Clan Adair Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Herries Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Maxton Tartan".
- "MacAlpine Tartans". ScotClans.
- "McCulloch Tartans". ScotClans.
- "McGeachie Tartans". ScotClans.
- "McKerrell Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Melville Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Mercer Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Middleton Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Moffat Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Moncrieffe Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Clan Moncur".
- "Mouat Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Moubray Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Muirhead Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Fleming Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Nairn Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Napier Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Nisbet / Nesbitt Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Newlands Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Ochterlony Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Caldwell Tartan".
- "Clan Cathcart Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Walkinshaw Tartan".
- "Paterson Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Pitcairn Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Pollock Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Pringle Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Rait Tartan".
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- "Rattray Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Renton Tartan".
- "Rollo Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Routledge Tartan".
- "Rutherford Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Langlands Tartan".
- "Scrymgeour Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Sempill Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Shaw Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Skene Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Smith Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Somerville Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Denniston Tartan".
- "Lyle Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Stewart of Appin Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Stirling Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Glas Tartan".
- "Norvel Tartan".
- "Straiton Tartan".
- "Clan Butter Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Strange Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Stuart of Bute Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Taylor Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Tait Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Tennant Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Thomson Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Turnbull Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Udney Tartan".
- "Meikle Tartan".
- "Wardlaw Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Watson Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Weir Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Wishart Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Tartan Display". tartansauthority.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Young Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Bruce Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Carruthers Tartans". ScotClans.
- "Clan Currie Tartan".
- "Durie Tartan". ScotClans.
- "Search results: McCandlish". TartanRegister.gov.uk. Scottish Register of Tartans. 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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