MACKAY (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Alison Stewart of the Scottish

Alison Stewart of the Scottish Tartans Information Centre [Scottish Tartans Society] in July 1964 notes that this sett was first found in the lists of Johnston & Ross about 1930

Current weaving status: ON WEAVE (due to be completed on 1st July 2025)

the Sobieski Stuart brothers

Also known as Red MacGregor

Stewart said this was in existence in 1812 prior to the Ogilvies and the Drummonds of Strathallan becoming connected through marriage

MACKAY (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Alison Stewart of the ScottishThe pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief for Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the 'Green' Mackay.