MACLACHLAN OLD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The MacAlister tartan was certified

The MacAlister tartan was certified by the chief in 1845

A woven strip from the Kilbarchan Weaver's Cottage has ancient green

it has always been known by the 'Trade' as such

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

MACLACHLAN OLD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The MacAlister tartan was certifiedFrom 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.