MACEWAN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The MacKillops are a Sept

The MacKillops are a Sept of MacDonald of Keppoch and this is the same sett with the blue replaced by black

"The exact origins are unknown

The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell - a clan with which the Burns family were connected - but after much discussion it was decided more appropriate to model it on the Shepherd's Check

and in the spirit of the times

MACEWAN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The MacKillops are a SeptAlso McEwan The tartan resembles the Campbell of Loudoun except for the red stripe. MacEwans have a historical link with the Campbells dating from 1432 when the lands of MacEwan of the Otter were annexed to Campbell territory. The association was not always a happy one and the 'broken' MacEwans settled in various parts of Lennox, Lochaber and Galloway.