MACKELLAR (MODERN) ANCIENT Too bright for his use

Too bright for his use

reminiscent of the mysterious shades within the dark clefts and crevices of the Torridon mountains

Balmoral blue and an orangy red

The MacColls are a branch of the Clan Donald who settled around Loch Fyne

MACKELLAR (MODERN) ANCIENT Too bright for his useAlison 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, and that the white and yellow lines were incorporated to mark the fact that the clan was a sept of Clan Campbell. An un named sample is preserved in the Scottish Tartans Society MacGregor Hastie Collection. DC Stewart suggested that this might have been the version worn by