SUTHERLAND OLD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre and in Perthshire with Robertson

and in Perthshire with Robertson

Some of the clan living in the Ballachulish area took protection from the Stewart of Appin

As this swatch is in Modern colours

The book appears to be a curious mixture of fact and fiction in keeping with the romantic ideology of the time

SUTHERLAND OLD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre and in Perthshire with RobertsonThis tartan sett is found in the 1840 book, the 'Vestiarium Scoticum'. The foundation resembles the Black Watch with red and white lines superimposed (Jamie Scarlett MBE). Scottish Tartans Society notes for this tartan don't exactly make sense. 'The earlier date refers to a letter from Gordon Earl of Sutherland instructing Murray of Dulrossie to 'remove the red and white lines from the plaids of the men so as to bring their dress into harmony with