MACDONALD OF KINGSBURGH (ANCIENT) WEATHERED Major John MacRae-Gilstrap of Otter

Major John MacRae-Gilstrap of Otter Ferry furnished the following in 1904 re this tartan

with green for Central Park

The Scottish Tartans Society notes for this tartan attribute the design to the 'Onich Grocer' with no further explanation

This is the correct version of the asymmetrical Malcolm as shown by the woven sample in W and A Smith's 1850 publication 'The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'

MACDONALD OF KINGSBURGH (ANCIENT) WEATHERED Major John MacRae-Gilstrap of OtterDW Stewart recorded this pattern in 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' from a relic. James Scarlett MBE explains that it was a waistcoat given to Prince Charles Edward Stuart by MacDonald of Kingsbrugh. Too bright for his use, the Bonnie Prince exchanged it with one Malcolm Macleod of Macleod who, before his capture by Government forces, hid it in a rock cleft. After his release a year later he retrieved it but only a small scrap had survived undamaged.