RAMSAY RED (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The red and white Menzies

The red and white Menzies tartan appears in the Cockburn Collection (c

Pattern from the manuscript of William and Andrew Smith's 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'

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

Bannockburn 1819 Key Pattern Book

RAMSAY RED (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The red and white MenziesAlso 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