MACRAE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'J' wishing to re-establish his tartan

wishing to re-establish his tartan - his old pre-1939 kilt had been destroyed in a London air-raid - made an error by centring ONE green line instead of TWO on the red band

describes the figure as wearing the 'regimental' tartan with a red line to distinguish the philabeg from the belted plaid

Dunure Castle near Culzean on the Ayrshire coast

though used only by the Robertsons of the North

"belongs rather to mythology than to history

MACRAE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'J' wishing to re-establish his tartanPattern from the manuscript of William and Andrew Smith's 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'. The Smith's sources included the findings of George Hunter, who toured the Highlands in search of old tartans prior to 1822. Smiths' entry reads "Our specimen . . . besides being approved by the manufacturers and dealers, has had the concurrence of a gentleman of the name, who has bestowed a good deal of attention on Clan matters."