RAMSAY RED (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'T' which was burned down by

which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593

before publication in the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842)

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The pattern is unusual in that the half sett is not reversed to create a symmetrical square

RAMSAY RED (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'T' which was burned down byAlso RAMSAY of DALHOUSIE Ramsay was one of the names adopted by members of the Clan MacGregor when their own was proscribed. It is not surprising then that an early MacGregor sett was used as a basis for the Ramsay tartan. It is possible that the tartan was in existence long before the earliest recorded date given. Other notes (Harry Lindley) state: ' The first sight of this tartan was in the Vestiarium Scoticum. The name comes from the Lothian