BLACK WATCH (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'D' Robert Bain was said to

Robert Bain was said to have illustrated it with four red lines but there is no evidence of this in his book 'The Clans & Tartans of Scotland'

This contains a selection of forty five setts

4th Earl of Bothwell (1536-78)

The resemblance of this tartan to that of the Camerons may denote the MacFies' allegiance to that clan on the mainland after they were dispersed from Colonsay

the Bonnie Prince exchanged it with one Malcolm Macleod of Macleod who

BLACK WATCH (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'D' Robert Bain was said toIn 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent companies of troops to police the Highlanders. One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch. The companies were known locally as the 'Black Watch' and were eventually consolidated to form the 43rd (later 42nd) Royal Highland Regiment. The Independent Companies wore a dark blue, black and green plaid which was woven