MACGILL (MODERN) ANCIENT The bible contained a hand

The bible contained a hand written reference to the tartan and was dated 1747

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

'Authenticated Tartans

which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593

MACGILL (MODERN) ANCIENT The bible contained a handThe family tartan, which originated with the MacGills of Jura, was in use before 1745 but when tartan was proscribed the sett seemed to have been lost until a piece was discovered in Kintyre and placed in the Museum of Antiquities (now incorporated into the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers St., Edinburgh). The current version, which first appeared in 1930, is known as the MacGill Society tartan.