List of tartans
List of tartan patterns
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 (and which are not within the scope of this list).
British royal and noble tartans
Tartans in this section are those that are (at least ostensibly) of the current or former British royal family or of individual British nobility members.
Image
Association
Origin
Notes
House of Stuart/Stewart
Highland clans , Scottish royalty
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 a British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Charles III .
House of Stuart/Stewart
Highland clans, Scottish royalty
Another "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart . It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan",[This quote needs a citation ] though it appeared 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 remains in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan.For additional Stuart/Stewart tartans, see the Clan Stuart entry below.
Duke of Rothesay
Highland clans; Scottish royalty
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 William .
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
Lowlands , Scottish nobility
Prince Charles Edward Stuart tartan
Scottish nobility
Essentially the Royal Stewart tartan but with a much-reduced red square. William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn included it in their 1819 Key Pattern Book [ 1]
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[ 2] currently maintained by Defence Equipment and Support within the Ministry of Defence . They are known by a number, a name, or both. The commonest in regimental use today are royal Stewart (to which a number was not assigned); Government 1, Black Watch; and Government 1A, Sutherland district (a slightly lighter form of Black Watch, and specifically with a lighter green – general-public fashion use often has a lighter blue instead or in addition).
For military wear, there are official specifications for the size of the full repeat (tile) of the sett (tartan pattern), which vary by tartan (e.g. 34.5 cm × 34.5 cm for Governemt 1A).[ 2] In kilt form, the tartans are worn with the central vertical line of the sett on the kilt's front apron running in-line with the buttons of the jacket and with the belt buckle; and the sett horizontally centred between the top of the sporran and the bottom of the belt buckle.[ 3] Exactly how the kilt is pleated (knife or box pleats, and presenting which colour at the pleat edge) varies by unit.[ 3]
The following table includes those government tartans worn by UK military units as from the 2006 creation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland onwards. Some other units may wear a named clan tartan without it being defined by this standard; these are covered in a second table below. 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 dress purposes, but the Royal Regiment's standard Government 1A for non-ceremonial (and non-combat) undress purposes.[ 3]
Image
Number
Name
Current units worn by; notes
1
Black Watch or "Government"
Black Watch , 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots) drummers and drum major; inherited in succession from Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), and 42nd Regiment of Foot .
The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, under various names like old Campbell, hunting Grant, hunting Munro, etc. (often somewhat lightened).
1A
Sutherland district
Royal Regiment of Scotland (1–7 Scots) including bands (undress, aside from combat-order fatigues; kilts or trews , depending on climate and duties)[ 3]
51st Highland Volunteers (7 Scots) drummers and drum major;[ 3] inherited from Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
A partially lightened version of Black Watch (No. 1). Though named "Sutherland", this light-green version is particular to regimental use; civilian use of Sutherland district tartan is generally with light blue instead. It is also unrelated to the Clan Sutherland tartan.
3
Gordon
Formerly worn by the Gordon Highlanders .
4
Cameron of Erracht
Highlanders (4 Scots) pipers, pipe major, drummers, and drum major;[ 3] inherited from the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) pipers and drummers.
5A (formerly 2)
MacKenzie
Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots) drum major and duty bugler (trews);[ 3] inherited from Royal Scots Fusiliers and Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) upon their amalgamation.
6
Douglas
Royal Gurkha Rifles pipers (trews and plaids ); inherited from 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles .
7
Leslie
Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) drummers (trews);[ 3] disbanded in 2021; inherited from King's Own Scottish Borderers .
8 (or 8A)
Hunting Stewart
Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) drum major (trews);[ 3] disbanded in 2021; inherited from Royal Scots .
Tayforth UOTC , including in kilt form inherited from the Dandy Ninth .
9
Forbes
11
Red Erskine
Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots) pipers, pipe major, and drummers[ 3]
Royal Stewart
Black Watch (3 Scots) pipers and pipe major[ 3]
51st Highland Volunteers (7 Scots) pipers and pipe major[ 3]
Scots Guards pipers
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pipers
Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) pipers and pipe major;[ 3] disbanded in 2021.
[ 4]
Hunting Rose
Royal Tank Regiment pipes and drums, and officers in black-tie
A number of other tartans are, since 2014, no longer listed as official uniform material by the Defense Clothing (DC) division of the Ministry of Defence, and "DC do not purchase or hold any of the cloth",[ 2] but remain in use by some units' pipe bands and may be permitted for some other uses, such as uniform cap cockades, though are "unfunded" (must be provided by the units out of their own budgets). No. 1A was listed among these no-longer-official tartans in 2014,[ 2] but in 2019 was included in the official tartans of the entire Royal Regiment of Scotland ,[ 3] so something clearly changed during that period.
It is unclear from available official documentation what tartans (ones apparently no longer in British military use at all) correspond to the serial numbers now missing from the specifications: 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, and 25.
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 .
Image
Association
Origin
Notes
Abercromby
Lowland clans
Agnew
Lowland clans
[ 9]
Ainslie
[citation needed ]
[ 10]
Aiton
Lowland clans
Anderson
[citation needed ]
Shared with Clan Gillanders
Anstruther
Lowland clans
Also known as Duke of Fife tartan ,[ 11] shared with clans Beveridge, Ged , Kinloch, Kinnear, Lundin, Primrose , Balfour, Boswell and Kirkcaldy[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Arbuthnott
Lowland clans
Armstrong
Borders clans
[ 18]
Arnott
[citation needed ]
Arthur
Highland clans
Also known as "MacArthur"; has an additional tartan called "Milton".[ 19] [ 20]
Baillie
[citation needed ] [ 3]
[ 21]
Bain
[citation needed ]
[ 22]
Baird
[citation needed ]
Balfour
Lowland clans
Barclay
Lowland clans
[ 23]
Baxter
[citation needed ]
[ 24]
Bell
Borders clans
Also known as "Bell of the Borders"
Bethune
Lowland clans
Also known as "MacBeth", shared with Clan McBain[ 25]
[ 26]
Bissett
Lowland clans
[ 27]
Blackadder
[citation needed ]
Also known as "Tweedside District", shared with clans Blyth, Learmonth, Spottiswood, Swinton and Boswell[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
[ 32]
Blackstock
[citation needed ]
[ 33]
Blair
Lowland clans
Borthwick
Lowland clans
[ 34]
Boswell
Lowland clans
Boyd
Lowland clans
Shared with clans Fairlie and Fullarton[ 35] [ 36]
Brodie
Lowland clans
[ 37]
Broun
Lowland clans
Bruce [ 38]
Lowland clans
Shared with clans Carruthers and Crosbie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kinnaird[ 39]
Buchan
[citation needed ]
Buchanan
Highland clans
The primary Buchanan tartan is known for its asymmetrical design dominated by yellow and red. A symmetrical version called "Buchanan old sett" exists (the asymmetrical version being blamed on an error Logan & McIan 's Clans of the Scottish Highlands , 1843).[ 40] Several other tartans are recognised by the clan association, which also rejects a number of others that have been invented by weavers or which originated in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842.[ 41]
Cameron
Highland clans
Cameron of Erracht variant shared with Clan Chalmers[ 42]
Campbell
Highland clans
Image is the so called "Old Campbell" which is a lighter form of the Black Watch regimental tartan, adopted by Clan Campbell, and shared with clans Bannatyne, Lyon and Paterson[ 43]
Campbell of Breadalbane
Highland clans
Second set of tartans, shared with Clan Paterson
Campbell of Cawdor
Highland clans
Shared with clans Calder and McCorquodale [ 44]
[ 45]
Carmichael
Lowland clans
[ 46]
Carnegie
Lowland clans
Carruthers
Lowland/Borders clans
[ 47]
Charteris
Lowland clans
Also known as "Roxburgh", shared with clans Belshes, Riddell , Ainslie, Rutherford and Haig[ 48] [ 49]
Chattan
Confederation of highland clans
Based on Mackintosh Chief,[ 50] shared with clans Davidson, Farquharson, MacBean, MacGillivray, MacIntyre, MacKintosh, MacLean, MacPhail, MacPherson, MacQueen, MacThomas, and Shaw as its members[ 51]
Chisholm
Highland clans
[ 52]
Clelland
[citation needed ]
[ 53]
Cochrane
Lowland clans
Colquhoun
Lowland clans
Shared with clans Kirkpatrick and Laing
[ 54]
Colville
Lowland clans
Also known as "Ayrshire District", shared with clans Dalrymple, Whitelaw and Arnott, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boswell[ 55] [ 56]
[ 57]
Cooper
Lowland clans
[ 58]
Craig
Lowland clans
Cranstoun
Borders clans
Crawford
Lowland clans
[ 59]
Crichton
Lowland clans
Also known as "Edinburgh District", shared with clans Newton, Preston, Spalding , Trotter and Moubray[ 60] [ 61] [ 62] [ 63]
[ 64]
Crosbie
Lowland clans
Cumming
Lowland clans
Also known as "Comyn"; shared with Clan Cheyne [ 65]
Cunningham
Lowland clans
Has additional dancer tartans.[ 66]
[ 67]
Dalziel
Lowland clans
Davidson
Highland clans
Donald
Highland clans
Also known as "MacDonald", shared with branches Dunnyveg and Largie , as well as clans Boyle , Heron , MacColl, Smith, Bissett, Houston and Kelly[ 68] [ 69]
Douglas
Lowland clans
Shared with clans Glen, Glendinning, Sandilands , Troup , and Blackstock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kirkpatrick[ 70] [ 71] [ 72] [ 73]
Drummond
Lowland clans
Shared with Clan Grewar
Dunbar
Lowland clans
Duncan
Lowland clans
Also known as "Leslie of Wardis"
Dundas
Lowland clans
[ 74]
Dunlop
[citation needed ]
[ 75]
Edmonstone
Lowland clans
Elliot
Borders clans
Elphinstone
Lowland clans
Erskine
Lowland clans
[ 76]
Ewing
Highland clans
Farquharson
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Christie , second set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
Fergusson
Highland and Lowland
[ 77]
Fletcher
Highland clans
Forbes
Lowland clans
Shared with Clan Bannerman [ 78]
[ 79]
Forrester
Lowland clans
Forsyth
Lowland clans
Fraser
Lowland clans
Shared with clans Abernethy and Tweedie , and second set of tartans shared with clans Grewar and Bissett[ 80]
Fraser of Lovat
Highland clans
Galbraith
Lowland clans
Also known as "Mitchell", shared with clans Hunter and Russell [ 81] [ 82]
[ 83]
Galloway
[citation needed ]
Shared with clans Aikenhead, Blane, Clephane, Horsburgh, Newlands, McGeachie, Pringle and McKerrell, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boyle[ 84] [ 85] [ 86]
[ 87]
Gardyne
Lowland clans
Also known as "Garden" and "Angus", shared with Clan Maule, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Horsburgh[ 88]
[ 89]
Gayre
Highland (proposed)
[ 90]
Gibbs
Lowland clans
Gordon
Borders clans
Shared with clans Adam and Brisbane, and second set of tartans shared with clans Laing and Mar[ 91] [ 92]
[ 93]
Gow
[citation needed ]
Graham
Borders clans
"Graham of Montrose" variant shared with Clan Allardice,[ 94] "Graham of Menteith" variants shared with Clan Haldane , and both shared with Clan Pitcairn[ 95]
Grant
Highland clans[ 96]
Shared with Clan Cairns , second set of tartans shared with Clan Heron, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Bissett[ 97]
[ 98]
Gray
[citation needed ]
Gregor
Highland clans
Also known as "MacGregor"; Shared with clans Grierson , Bain and Strange, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Grewar[ 99]
[ 100]
Grewar
[citation needed ]
Gunn
Highland clans
Guthrie
[citation needed ]
[ 101]
Haig
Lowland clans
Hamilton
Lowland clans
Hannay
Lowland clans
Hay
Lowland clans
Also known as "Leith"
[ 102]
Henderson
Highland and Lowland
[ 103]
Hepburn
[citation needed ]
Home
Borders clans
Shared with clans Wedderburn and Aiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Rutherford[ 104]
Hope
Lowland clans
[ 105]
Houston
[citation needed ]
[ 106]
Hutton
Lowland clans
Also known as "Strathclyde District", shared with clans Roberton and Muirhead[ 107] not to be confused with "Robertson".
Inglis
[citation needed ]
[ 108]
Innes
Highland clans
Second set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton[ 109]
Irvine
[citation needed ]
[ 110]
Jardine
Lowland clans
Shared with Clan Gardyne
Johnstone
Borders clans
Sometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surname often has non-Scottish origins; shared with Clan Marjoribanks
Keith
Highland and Lowland
Shared with clans Falconer and Mercer[ 111]
[ 112]
Kelly
[citation needed ]
Kennedy
Lowland clans
Kerr
Borders clans
[ 113]
Kincaid
[citation needed ]
[ 114]
Kinnaird
[citation needed ]
[ 115]
Kinninmont
[citation needed ]
Also known as "Nithsdale District"
[ 116]
Kirkcaldy
[citation needed ]
[ 117]
Laing
[citation needed ]
Lamont
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Lammie, and fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson[ 118]
[ 119]
Leask
Highland clans
Lennox
Lowland clans
Shared with Clan Gartshore [ 120]
Leslie
Lowland clans
Second set of tartans shared with Clan Abernethy, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Laing
Lindsay
Lowland clans
Shared with clans Auchinleck and Byres[ 121] [ 122]
[ 123]
Little
Borders clans
[ 124]
Lockhart
Lowland clans
Logan
Highland and Lowland
Shared with Clan MacLennan [ 125]
[ 126]
Lumsden
Lowland/Borders
[ 127]
Lyon
Lowland clans
MacAlister
Highland clans
MacAulay
Highland clans
Third set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and fifth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
[ 128]
MacBean
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Binning, and second set of tartans shared with Clan McBain[ 129]
[ 130]
MacColl
[citation needed ]
MacDonald of Clanranald
Highland clans
MacDonald of Keppoch
Highland clans
MacDonald of Sleat
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Darroch , and second set of tartans shared with clans MacColl, Houston and Kelly[ 131]
MacDonnell of Glengarry
Highland clans
MacDougall
Highland clans
Shared with Clan MacDowall [ 132]
MacDowall
Lowland clans
MacDuff
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Spens [ 133]
MacEwan
Highland clans
MacFarlane
Highland clans
Macfie
Highland clans
Also known as "MacPhee".
[ 134]
MacGillivray
Highland clans
MacInnes
Highland clans
Third set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton
MacIntyre
Highland clans
MacIver
[citation needed ]
MacKay
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Mackie , and second set of tartans shared with Clan Bain[ 135]
Mackenzie
Highland clans
Mackinnon
Highland clans
Mackintosh
Highland clans
Shared with clans Nairn and MacThomas[ 136]
MacLachlan
Highland clans
Maclaine of Lochbuie
Highland clans
MacLaren
Highland clans
Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and sixth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
MacLea
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Livingstone
MacLean
Highland clans
Second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillon
[ 137]
MacLellan
Lowland clans
MacLeod
Highland clans
Also known as "McLeod of Harris", second set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacLeod of Assynt
Highland clans
Third set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacLeod of Lewis
Highland clans
Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacLeod of Raasay
Highland clans
Fifth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacMillan
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Baxter
Macnab
Highland clans
[ 138]
Macnaghten
Highland and Lowland
MacNeacail
Isle of Skye
Also known as "MacNicol"; shared with clans Nicolson and Cunningham[ 139]
MacNeil
Highland clans
Formally known as "MacNeil of Barra"; has an additional tartan currently not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.[ 140] [ 141]
MacNeil of Colonsay
Highland clans
MacPhail
Highland clans
Macpherson
Highland clans
MacQuarrie
Highland clans
Macqueen
Highland clans
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".
[ 142]
Macrae
Highland clans
MacTavish
Highlands
Shared with Clan Thomson
MacThomas
Highland clans
Second set of tartans shared with Clan Thomson
[ 143]
Maitland
Lowland clans
[ 144]
Makgill
Lowland clans
Also known as "MacGill"
[ 145]
Malcolm
Highland and Lowland
Has an additional tartan called "MacCallum"[ 146]
Mar
Lowland clans
Has an additional tartan known as "Don".[ 147]
Marjoribanks
Lowland clans
[ 148]
Matheson
Highland clans
Maxwell
Borders clans
Shared with clans Adair, Herries, Maxton and Pollock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Blackstock[ 149] [ 150] [ 151]
[ 152]
McAlpine
Highland clans
[ 153]
McCulloch
Lowland clans
[ 154]
McGeachie
[citation needed ]
[ 155]
McKerrell
Lowland clans
[ 156]
Melville
Lowland clans
Menzies
Highland clans
[ 157]
Mercer
[citation needed ]
[ 158]
Middleton
Lowland clans
Moffat
Lowland clans
Moncreiffe
Highland clans
Montgomery
Lowland clans
Morrison
Highland and Lowland
[ 159]
Mouat
[citation needed ]
[ 160]
Moubray
Lowland clans
Muir
Highland clans
Also known as "More"; The California State tartan, seen below, is also based on this pattern.
[ 161]
Muirhead
[citation needed ]
Munro
Highland clans
Murray
Highland clans
Murray of Atholl
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Fleming , and second set of tartans shared with Clan Spalding[ 162]
[ 163]
Nairn
[citation needed ]
Napier
Lowland clans
Nesbitt
Borders clans
[ 164]
Newlands
Lowland clans
[ 165]
Ochterlony
Lowland clans
Ogilvy
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Kinnaird
Oliphant
Highland clans
Paisley
[citation needed ]
Shared with clans Cathcart , Walkinshaw and Ralston, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Brisbane[ 166] [ 167]
[ 168]
Paterson
[citation needed ]
Has an additional tartan known as "MacKellar"
[ 169]
Pitcairn
[citation needed ]
Pollock
Lowland clans
[ 170]
Pringle
Borders clans
Ralston
Lowland clans
Currently the only Scottish clan to have additional American and Universal tartans.[ 171] [ 172]
Ramsay
Lowland clans
[ 173]
Rattray
Highland clans
Robertson
Highland clans
Also known as "Donnachaidh/Donnachie"
Rollo
Lowland clans
Rose
Highland clans
Ross
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Lockhart, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillanders
[ 174]
Rutherford
Lowland/Borders
Ruthven
Lowland clans
Scott
Borders clans
[ 175]
Scrymgeour
Highland clans
[ 176]
Sempill
Lowland clans
Seton
Lowland clans
Shaw
Highland clans
Shared with Clan Schaw
Sinclair
Lowland clans
Skene
Lowland clans
[ 177]
Smith
[citation needed ]
[ 178]
Somerville
[citation needed ]
Stewart/Stuart
Highland and Lowland
Shared with Clan Lyle, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Heron[ 179] Variant is slightly different than Royal Stuart , seen above.
[ 180]
Stewart of Appin
Highland clans
[ 181]
Stirling
Lowland clans
Also known as "Bannockburn", second set of tartans shared with Clan Aikenhead
Strachan
Highland clans
[ 182]
Straiton
Lowland clans
Also known as "Perthshire District", shared with Clan Butter, and second set of tartans shared with clans Arnott, Balfour, Mercer, Maule and Spens[ 183]
[ 184]
Strange
Lowland clans
[ 185]
Stuart of Bute
Highland clans
Sutherland
Highland clans
[ 186]
Tailyour
[citation needed ]
[ 187]
Tait
[citation needed ]
[ 188]
Tennant
[citation needed ]
[ 189]
Thomson
[citation needed ]
[ 190]
Turnbull
Borders clans
[ 191]
Udny
[citation needed ]
Also known as "Aberdeen District", shared with Clan Straiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Pitblado
Urquhart
Lowland clans
Wallace
Lowland clans
Also known as "Wallace Red", and is also notably used on the 3M brand Scotch tape .
[ 192]
Wardlaw
[citation needed ]
Watson
Lowland clans
Weir
Lowland clans
Shared with Clan Hope[ 193]
Wemyss
Lowland clans
[ 194]
Wishart
[citation needed ]
Wood
Lowland clans
Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected.[ 195]
[ 196]
Young
Borders clans
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.
Welsh family tartans
Beginning in the 21st century, tartans were created in Wales to mainly represent traditionally Welsh family surnames, also through the traditional wearing of "cilts", as the letter k is non-existent in the Welsh alphabet .[ 205]
Cornish
See Cornish kilts and tartans § Family tartans .
Organisational tartans
Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial and non-profit organisations. (For the Highland regiments, see above.)
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.
Australia
See District tartans of Australia .
Canada
See Regional tartans of Canada .
Cornwall
See Cornish kilts and tartans § National tartans .
Ireland
The most traditionally associated tartan worn in Ireland is the plain saffron tartan, however, additional Irish tartans were created to represent its provinces and counties .[ 207]
United States
The United States of America has tartans for certain states , as well as tartans that represent each branch and select units of the U.S. Armed Forces , in a similar manner to the British government.[ 208] [ 209]
Image
Association
Origin
Country
Notes
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.
See also
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Vevers, Gordon (2019). The Royal Regiment of Scotland Dress Regulations Part 2 (PDF) (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Royal Regiment of Scotland . Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
^ "Hunting Rose" – via photobucket.
^ "McDuff Tartan and the Corps" . RASC-RCT-ScottishRegion.co.uk . Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Association. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2023 . This source suggests that the tartan is "red MacDuff (ancient)", but it is clear from photographs that the unit does not wear the tartan in the de-saturated "ancient" pallette; see e.g.: "In one of the biggest events of 2017, 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC made history as the first ever Pipe Band from the Corps, or any of our forming Corps, to perform at the world renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2017" . Royal Logistic Corps . 13 December 2017 – via Facebook.
^ "Tartan Details - Royal Logistic Corps" . TartanRegister.gov.uk . Scottish Register of Tartans . 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
^ "Royal Logistic Corps Tartan from the Ministry of Tartan" . RoyalLogisticCorps.co.uk . Royal Logistic Corps Association. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
^ "Clan History" . ClanMurray.org . The 8th Duke of Atholl. Retrieved 18 November 2017 .
^ "Clan Ainslie Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Aiton Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Anstruther Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Beveridge Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Ged Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Kinloch Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Kinnear Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Lundin Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Primrose Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Arnott Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Arthur Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ File:Clan Arthur 2.jpg
^ "Clan Bain Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Baird Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Baxter Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Bell Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan McBain Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Bisset Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Blackadder Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Blyth Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Learmonth Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Spottiswood Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Swinton Tartan" . Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021 .
^ "Clan Blackstock Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Blair Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Boswell Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Fairlie Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Fullarton Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Brown / Broun Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Bruce Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Carruthers Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Buchanan Tartans" . ScotClans . 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023 .
^ "The Tartans of the Clan Buchanan" . TheClanBuchanan.com . Clan Buchanan Society International. 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ "Riddell Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "MacKintosh chief tartan" . Scottish Register of Tartans .
^ "Home - the Clan Chattan Association" . clanchattan.org.uk . Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022 .
^ "Clelland Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Cochrane Clan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Colville Clan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Dalrymple Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Whitelaw Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Cooper Clan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Craig Clan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Crichton Clan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Newton Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Preston Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Spalding Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Trotter Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Crosbie Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Cheyne Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Cunningham Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Dalziel Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "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 .
^ "Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans" . tartanregister.gov.uk .
^ "Fletcher Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Bannerman Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Forrester 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 .
^ "Girl Dresses -" .
^ "Cairns Tartan" . Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021 .
^ "Gray Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Grierson Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Grewar Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Haig Tartan" . ScotClans . Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021 .
^ "Henderson Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Hepburn Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Wedderburn Tartan" . Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 .
^ "Houston Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Hutton Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Roberton Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Inglis Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Masterton Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Jardine Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Falconer Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Kelly Tartan" . Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 .
^ "Kincaid Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Kinnaird Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Kinninmont Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Kirkcaldy Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Laing Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Lammie Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Leask Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Gartshore Tartan" . Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021 .
^ "Clan Auchinleck Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Byres Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Little Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Lockhart Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "MacLennan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Lumsden Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Lyon Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "MacBain Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Binning Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "MacColl Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Darroch Tartan" . Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021 .
^ "MacDowall Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Spens Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "MacGillivray Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Mackie Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "MacThomas Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "MacLellan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "MacNaughton Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Nicolson Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ File:MacNeil tartan (Vestiarium Scoticum).png
^ "MacNeil Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "MacRae Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Maitland Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "MacGill Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Malcolm Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "MacCallum Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Mar Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Matheson Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Adair Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Herries Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Maxton Tartan" . Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021 .
^ "MacAlpine Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "McCulloch Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "McGeachie Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "McKerrell Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Melville Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Mercer Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Middleton Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Mouat Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Moubray Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Muirhead Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Fleming Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Nairn Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Newlands Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Ochterlony Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Cathcart Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Walkinshaw Tartan" . Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 .
^ "Paterson Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Pitcairn Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Pringle Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ File:RalstonUSA.jpg
^ File:RalstonUniversal.jpg
^ "Rattray Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Rutherford Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Scrymgeour Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Sempill Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Smith Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Somerville Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Lyle Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Stewart of Appin Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Stirling Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ "Straiton Tartan" . Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021 .
^ "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 .
^ "Tartan Details - Aberdeen" . TartanRegister.gov.uk . Scottish Register of Tartans. 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2023 .
^ "Wardlaw Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Hope Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Wishart Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Tartan Display" . tartansauthority.com . Retrieved 5 July 2017 .
^ "Young Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Clan Burnett Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Cockburn Clan Tartans" . ScotClans .
^ "Drennan Tartan" . Scottish Register of Tartans .
^ "Scottish Register of Tartans" . TartanRegister.gov.uk . Scottish Register of Tartans . 2022.
^ "Durie Tartan" . ScotClans .
^ https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=10575
^ Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin and Meaning . New York Public Library. p. 464.
^ "Search results: McCandlish" . TartanRegister.gov.uk . Scottish Register of Tartans . 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020 .
^ "Welsh Tartan Finder | Wales Tartan Centres" .
^ "Tartan Details - the Scottish Register of Tartans" .
^ "Welsh Tartan Finder | Wales Tartan Centres" .
^ Malcolm, Alexis (2018). "US Military Kilts and Tartans" . AlexisMalcolmKilts.com . Retrieved 22 November 2023 .
^ "Tartan Details - Space Force Veterans - Beyond the Blue" . TartanRegister.gov.uk . Scottish Register of Tartans. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023 .
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