MACALPINE (ANCIENT) SOLID Note: This tartan is currently

Note: This tartan is currently on a weaving schedule due to finish mid-February 2024

though used only by the Robertsons of the North

First mentioned by Wilsons of Bannockburn in 1805

which existed in the collection of the Highland Society of London

MACALPINE (ANCIENT) SOLID Note: This tartan is currentlyThe Clans, Sept and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands' (1908) by Frank Adam, is the first document of the tartan. The history of the Clan MacAlpine is obscure. The Siol Alpin is claimed as the origin of a number of clans, but as D. C. Stewart remarks, "belongs rather to mythology than to history." It is considered to be a branch of the royal Clan Alpin, of the Kings of Dalriada. The tartan is similar to the hunting MacLean, but for the yellow lines.