MACQUARRIE (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre ''This is one of the

''This is one of the few ancient tartans too well authenticated to admit of doubt or question

" It is considered to be a branch of the royal Clan Alpin

Earl Marischal in the early 1800's

but it is often regarded as the `Clan' tartan as distinct from the `Royal'

MACQUARRIE (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre ''This is one of theThe earliest reference to a related MacQuarrie sett appears in the Cockburn Collection (c. 1815). D C Stewart says, ''The MacQuarrie tartan now most often used is related to the red MacDonald. MacQuarrie's were followers of the Lords of the Isles and held lands on the Isle of Mull. The chiefship today is vacant."