MACLACHLAN OLD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre MacNeil tartans appear in pattern

MacNeil tartans appear in pattern books produced by William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn since the early nineteenth century

The matter was settled by 'tanistry' and Duart was recognised as chief

from an existing design

but this is taken to be an error on the part of General Cockburn at a time when the establishment of clan names for tartan was in its infancy

MACLACHLAN OLD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre MacNeil tartans appear in patternFrom the book: Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' (1893). This contains a selection of forty five setts, woven in silk, of special interest or antiquity. Many of the illustrated tartans owe their present day popularity to the publication of this work. The author was D. W. Stewart.