MACDONALD (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'M' The design is based on

The design is based on the Gordon and Hunting MacRae tartans

Status: Currently on weave

Designed for Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1958 based on a sample in the Moy Hall collection dating from the mid 19th century

throughout the British Isles

MACDONALD (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'M' The design is based onThis is oldest recorded version of the Clan sett. It varies slightly from those recorded by Logan, Smibert, Grant etc., but the motif is the same throughout. Of the nine independent branches of the Clan Donald, there are at least 27 different setts. It was not until 1947 that the MacDonalds again had a high chief, MacDhomnuill, who by tradition has the final word on the tartans of the clan. That right was granted to Alexander MacDonald of MacDonald