List of tartans

This is a list of tartans from around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations. There are also innumerable tartan designs that are not affiliated with any group, but were simply created for aesthetic reasons.

British noble and regimental tartans

Tartans in this section are those of the current or former British royal family, of individual British nobility members, and of British military regiments that use traditional Scottish attire, mostly Highland regiments.

Image Association Origin Country Notes
House of Stuart/Stewart Highlands Clans, Scottish royalty Scotland The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organisational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as general British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Elizabeth II.
House of Stuart/Stewart Highland clans, Scottish royalty Scotland Another "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart. It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan", though it appears in the Vestiarium Scoticum at least 23 years before his birth. While the work's historical claims have been shown to be spurious, it described the design as the "clanne Stewart tartan", and the work was popular, so the tartan would have been familiar before George's birth in 1865. It is worn officially today by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards, and remain in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan. It

For additional Stuart/Stewart tartans, see the Clan Stuart entry below.

Duke of Rothesay Highland clans; Scottish royalty Scotland The individual tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, a dynastic title of the heir-apparent to the British (and formerly separate Scottish) throne; currently Prince Charles.
Black Watch British military; roots among the Highland clans Scotland This darkened version of Old Campbell is officially used by: the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots); Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); and 42nd Regiment of Foot. The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, especially popular for evening-wear, owing to its muted tones.
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton Lowlands, Scottish nobility Scotland

Scottish clan tartans

The tartans in this list are those ascribed to particular clans of Scotland, including Highland, Lowland, Isles, and Borders clans. Their status varies widely; armigerous clans generally accept them, while some have been officially adopted or rejected by a clan chiefs.

Image Association Origin Country Notes
Armstrong Borders clans Scotland
Barclay Lowland clans Scotland
Brodie Lowland clans Scotland
Bruce Lowland clans Scotland
Buchanan Highland clans Scotland
Cameron Highland clans Scotland
Campbell Highland clans Scotland This is the "Old Campbell" which in darkened form became the Black Watch regimental tartan.
Chisholm Highland clans Scotland
Colquhoun Lowland clans Scotland
Comyn Lowland clans Scotland
Cranstoun / Cranston Borders clans Scotland
Crawford Lowland clans Scotland
Cunningham Lowland clans Scotland
Davidson Highland Clans Scotland Most popular tartan of the Clan Davidson.
Douglas Lowland clans Scotland
Drummond Lowland clans Scotland
Dunbar Lowland clans Scotland
Dundas Lowland clans Scotland
Erskine Lowland clans Scotland
Farquharson Highland clans Scotland Based on the Black Watch tartan.
Forbes Lowland clans Scotland
Fraser Lowland clans Scotland
Gordon Borders clans Scotland
Graham Borders clans Scotland
Grant Highland clans[1] Scotland
Gunn Highland clans Scotland
Hamilton Lowland clans Scotland
Hay Lowland clans Scotland
Home Borders clans Scotland
Johnstone / Johnston / MacIan Borders clans Scotland Sometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surnames often has non-Scottish origins.
Kerr Borders clans Scotland
Lamont Highland clans Scotland
Lauder Lowland clans Scotland
Leslie Lowland clans Scotland
Lindsay Lowland clans Scotland
MacArthur Highland clans Scotland
MacDonald Highland clans Scotland
MacDonald of Clanranald Highland clans Scotland
MacDougall Highland clans Scotland
MacDuff Highland clans Scotland
MacGregor Highland clans Scotland
MacFarlane Highland clans Scotland
MacIntyre Highland clans Scotland
MacKay Highland clans Scotland
Mackenzie Highland clans Scotland
Mackinnon Highland clans Scotland
Mackintosh Highland clans Scotland
MacLachlan Highland clans Scotland
MacLaren Scotland [2]
MacLean Highland clans Scotland
MacLeod Highland clans Scotland
Macnab Highland clans Scotland
MacNeil Highland clans Scotland , but not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.
Macneil of Barra Highland clans Scotland One of two official tartans of the Clan Macneil.
Macneil of Colonsay Highland clans Scotland One of two official tartans of the Clan Macneil.
MacNicol / Nicolson / MacNeacail Isle of Skye Scotland Called MacNicol or Nicolson tartan
Macpherson Highland clans Scotland
MacQuarrie Highlands Scotland
Macqueen Highland clans Scotland
Macqueen Scotland Image shows both Macqueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant".
MacTavish / Thompson Highlands Scotland
Maxwell Borders clans Scotland
Menzies Highland clans Scotland
Montgomery Lowland clans Scotland
Munro Highland clans Scotland
Muir Highlands Scotland California State tartan, seen below, is based upon this pattern.
Murray Highlands Scotland
Ogilvy / Ogilvie Lowland clans Scotland
Oliphant Lowland clans Scotland
Ramsay Lowland clans Scotland
Robertson Highland clans Scotland
Rose Highland clans Scotland
Ruthven Lowland clans Scotland
Scott Borders clans Scotland
Seton Lowland clans Scotland
Sinclair Lowland clans Scotland
Stewart/Stuart Highland clans Scotland For additional Stewart/Stuart tartans, see Royal Stuart, above.
Sutherland Highland clans Scotland
Urquhart Lowland clans Scotland
Wallace Lowland clans Scotland , this pattern dates back to 1842. It is also known as "Wallace Dress" or "Wallace Red", and is used on the 3M brand Scotch tape.
Wemyss Lowland clans Scotland
Wood Lowland clans Scotland Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected.[3]

Scottish non-clan family tartans

Tartans in this list are ascribed to specific families or surnames, though not to Scottish clans; they range in date from 21st century to considerably older.

Image Association Origin Country Notes
McCandlish Loch Lomond area, Wigtownshire, and Ayrshire Scotland Registered with STA in 1992 (no. 3324) and STR in 2009 (no. 5216). Also exists in green, grey, and arisaid (white-field) variants.[4]
McPhee Colonsay Scotland
Oliver Borders area Scotland
Park Scotland

Non-Scottish family tartans

These are (mostly modern) tartans created for families without a direct connection to Scotland.

Cornish

See Cornish kilts and tartans § Family tartans.

Organisational tartans

Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial, non-profit, and military organisations.

Image Association Origin Country Notes
Burberry Check Company design England Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats.
US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Strathmore Woollen Company United States Adopted by the band in the early 1990s. Although it has no official US Military recognition, it has been widely accepted by US servicemen with Air Force connections. Originally created in 1988 as Lady Jane of St Cirus. A variation of this is named US Forces Thurso.

Regional tartans

Tartans in these lists were created (mostly in modern times) for particular national and sub-national jurisdictions, most often officially, though with some exceptions.

Canada

See Regional tartans of Canada.

Cornwall

See Cornish kilts and tartans § National tartans.

United States

See List of U.S. state tartans.


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See also

References
  1. "Tartan dresses".
  2. "The Clan MacLaren Society - History". www.clanmaclarensociety.com.
  3. "Tartan Display". tartansauthority.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  4. "Search results: McCandlish". TartanRegister.gov.uk. Scottish Register of Tartans. 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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