Image |
Association |
Origin |
Notes |
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Abercromby |
Lowland clans |
|
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Agnew |
Lowland clans |
|
[9] |
Ainslie |
[citation needed] |
|
[10] |
Aiton |
Lowland clans |
|
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Anderson |
[citation needed] |
Shared with Clan Gillanders |
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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] |
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Arbuthnott |
Lowland clans |
|
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Armstrong |
Borders clans |
|
[18] |
Arnott |
[citation needed] |
|
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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] |
|
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Balfour |
Lowland clans |
|
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Barclay |
Lowland clans |
|
[23] |
Baxter |
[citation needed] |
|
[24] |
Bell |
Borders clans |
Also known as "Bell of the Borders" |
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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 |
|
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Borthwick |
Lowland clans |
|
[34] |
Boswell |
Lowland clans |
|
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Boyd |
Lowland clans |
Shared with clans Fairlie and Fullarton[35][36] |
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Brodie |
Lowland clans |
|
[37] |
Broun |
Lowland clans |
|
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Bruce[38] |
Lowland clans |
Shared with clans Carruthers and Crosbie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kinnaird[39] |
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Buchan |
[citation needed] |
|
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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] |
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Cameron |
Highland clans |
Cameron of Erracht variant shared with Clan Chalmers[42] |
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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 |
|
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Carruthers |
Lowland/Borders clans |
|
[47] |
Charteris |
Lowland clans |
Also known as "Roxburgh", shared with clans Belshes, Riddell, Ainslie, Rutherford and Haig[48][49] |
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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Cranstoun |
Borders clans |
|
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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 |
|
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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] |
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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 |
|
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Elliot |
Borders clans |
|
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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 |
|
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MacFarlane |
Highland clans |
|
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Macfie |
Highland clans |
Also known as "MacPhee". |
[134] |
MacGillivray |
Highland clans |
|
 |
MacInnes |
Highland clans |
Third set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton |
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MacIntyre |
Highland clans |
|
 |
MacIver |
[citation needed] |
|
 |
MacKay |
Highland clans |
Shared with Clan Mackie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Bain[135] |
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Mackenzie |
Highland clans |
|
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Mackinnon |
Highland clans |
|
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Mackintosh |
Highland clans |
Shared with clans Nairn and MacThomas[136] |
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MacLachlan |
Highland clans |
|
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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 |
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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 |
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MacLeod of Raasay |
Highland clans |
Fifth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
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MacMillan |
Highland clans |
Shared with Clan Baxter |
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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 |
|
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MacPhail |
Highland clans |
|
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Macpherson |
Highland clans |
|
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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 |
Highland clans |
Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish (STWR Reference – 228)- Easily confused with "Ancient MacTavish Red" as they are all but identical.[143][144] |
 |
MacThomas |
Highland clans |
|
[145] |
Maitland |
Lowland clans |
|
[146] |
Makgill |
Lowland clans |
Also known as "MacGill" |
[147] |
Malcolm |
Highland and Lowland |
Has an additional tartan called "MacCallum"[148] |
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Mar |
Lowland clans |
Has an additional tartan known as "Don".[149] |
 |
Marjoribanks |
Lowland clans |
|
[150] |
Matheson |
Highland clans |
|
 |
Maxwell |
Borders clans |
Shared with clans Adair, Herries, Maxton and Pollock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Blackstock[151][152][153] |
[154] |
McAlpine |
Highland clans |
|
[155] |
McCulloch |
Lowland clans |
|
[156] |
McGeachie |
[citation needed] |
|
[157] |
McKerrell |
Lowland clans |
|
[158] |
Melville |
Lowland clans |
|
 |
Menzies |
Highland clans |
|
[159] |
Mercer |
[citation needed] |
|
[160] |
Middleton |
Lowland clans |
|
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Moffat |
Lowland clans |
|
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Moncreiffe |
Highland clans |
|
 |
Montgomery |
Lowland clans |
|
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Morrison |
Highland and Lowland |
|
[161] |
Mouat |
[citation needed] |
|
[162] |
Moubray |
Lowland clans |
|
 |
Muir |
Highland clans |
Also known as "More"; The California State tartan, seen below, is also based on this pattern. |
[163] |
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[164] |
[165] |
Nairn |
[citation needed] |
|
 |
Napier |
Lowland clans |
|
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Nesbitt |
Borders clans |
|
[166] |
Newlands |
Lowland clans |
|
[167] |
Ochterlony |
Lowland clans |
|
 |
Ogilvy |
Highland clans |
Shared with Clan Kinnaird |
 |
Oliphant |
Highland clans |
|
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Paisley |
[citation needed] |
Shared with clans Cathcart, Walkinshaw and Ralston, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Brisbane[168][169] |
[170] |
Paterson |
[citation needed] |
Has an additional tartan known as "MacKellar" |
[171] |
Pitcairn |
[citation needed] |
|
 |
Pollock |
Lowland clans |
|
[172] |
Pringle |
Borders clans |
|
 |
Ralston |
Lowland clans |
Currently the only Scottish clan to have additional American and Universal tartans.[173][174] |
 |
Ramsay |
Lowland clans |
|
[175] |
Rattray |
Highland clans |
|
 |
Robertson |
Highland clans |
Also known as "Donnachaidh/Donnachie" |
 |
Rollo |
Lowland clans |
|
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Rose |
Highland clans |
|
 |
Ross |
Highland clans |
Shared with Clan Lockhart, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillanders |
[176] |
Rutherford |
Lowland/Borders |
|
 |
Ruthven |
Lowland clans |
|
 |
Scott |
Borders clans |
|
[177] |
Scrymgeour |
Highland clans |
|
[178] |
Sempill |
Lowland clans |
|
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Seton |
Lowland clans |
|
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Shaw |
Highland clans |
Shared with Clan Schaw |
 |
Sinclair |
Lowland clans |
|
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Skene |
Lowland clans |
|
[179] |
Smith |
[citation needed] |
|
[180] |
Somerville |
[citation needed] |
|
 |
Stewart/Stuart |
Highland and Lowland |
Shared with Clan Lyle, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Heron[181]Variant is slightly different than Royal Stuart, seen above. |
[182] |
Stewart of Appin |
Highland clans |
|
[183] |
Stirling |
Lowland clans |
Also known as "Bannockburn", second set of tartans shared with Clan Aikenhead |
 |
Strachan |
Highland clans |
|
[184] |
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[185] |
[186] |
Strange |
Lowland clans |
|
[187] |
Stuart of Bute |
Highland clans |
|
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Sutherland |
Highland clans |
|
[188] |
Tailyour |
[citation needed] |
|
[189] |
Tait |
[citation needed] |
|
[190] |
Tennant |
[citation needed] |
|
[191] |
Thomson |
[citation needed] |
|
[192] |
Turnbull |
Borders clans |
|
[193] |
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. |
[194] |
Wardlaw |
[citation needed] |
|
 |
Watson |
Lowland clans |
|
 |
Weir |
Lowland clans |
Shared with Clan Hope[195] |
 |
Wemyss |
Lowland clans |
|
[196] |
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.[197] |
[198] |
Young |
Borders clans |
|