WATSON (WEATHERED) - Tartans beginning with 'D' From W & A K

From W & A K Johnston's 1906 publication which states that it was taken from a piece of tartan dyed and woven by the wife of Alexander XVI of Keppoch who was killed at Culloden

The MacKinlay tartan could be described in tartan parlance as Black Watch with red

It has since also come to be regarded as a family tartan for those of the name Paisley

" Wilson produced this sett with a black stripe in the centre of the red square

WATSON (WEATHERED) - Tartans beginning with 'D' From W & A KThe design is based on the Gordon and Hunting MacRae tartans. The name is associated in part with the Aberdeenshire area. According to the Clan Watson Society of Canada, the Lord Lyon has confirmed that the clan does have a chief, but the title has not been claimed since it was held by James Watson of Saughton in 1818.