RAMSAY RED (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre It is illustrated by Smibert

It is illustrated by Smibert and the Smith brothers (both works published in 1850)

Scottish Tartan Society notes: The Stewarts of Appin feuded relentlessly with the Campbells

following the repeal on the wearing of tartan in 1782

Prepared for the Vestiarium Scoticum but not included in the published version

Bannockburn 1819 Key Pattern Book

RAMSAY RED (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre It is illustrated by SmibertAlso RAMSAY of DALHOUSIE Ramsay was one of the names adopted by members of the Clan MacGregor when their own was proscribed. It is not surprising then that an early MacGregor sett was used as a basis for the Ramsay tartan. It is possible that the tartan was in existence long before the earliest recorded date given. Other notes (Harry Lindley) state: ' The first sight of this tartan was in the Vestiarium Scoticum. The name comes from the Lothian