MACBEAN (MODERN) Choose:By the metre Famous for it's isolation and

Famous for it's isolation and wild

There are two Clans of the name associated with districts as far apart as Dumbarton and Lewis and they have no family connection with each other

An un-named sample is preserved in the Scottish Tartans Society MacGregor-Hastie Collection

The sett for this once powerful Lowland family first appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum

MACBEAN (MODERN) Choose:By the metre Famous for it's isolation andMacBains, MacBeans, and MacVeans are all forms of the same name possibly from the same origin as the early Scottish King, Donald Ban. The principle family is MacBean of Kinchyle from the northern end of Loch Ness. The MacBains are closely associated with Mackintosh and this is apparent in the design of the tartan. A piece of the MacBean tartan went to the moon and back in Apollo XII in Nov. 1969 with Cdr Alan L Bean.