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The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland .
Shared with clans Carruthers and Crosbie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kinnaird [39] Buchan [citation needed] Buchanan: Highland clans The primary Buchanan tartan is known for its asymmetrical design dominated by yellow and red.
Clans generally identify with geographical areas originally controlled by their founders, sometimes with an ancestral castle and clan gatherings, which form a regular part of the social scene. The most notable clan event of recent times was The Gathering 2009 in Edinburgh , which attracted at least 47,000 participants from around the world.
A Queer Tartan Register for the LGBTQIA+ community has been established as a pastiche of the Scottish Register of Tartans. It uses crystal-like shapes generated using 3D software that is wrapped in tartan. The shapes are used to denote safe spaces for the queer community. They are also used as a repeat pattern for textiles.
A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred' [1]) is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
This tartan was first recorded in 1831 by the historian James Logan, in his book The Scottish Gaël. Later in 1845 The Clans of the Scottish Highlands was published, which consisted of text from Logan, accompanied by illustrations from R. R. McIan. This work was the first which showed the MacLennan's sharing the same tartan as the Logans.
The sett is similar to Campbell of Loudon tartan except that a red stripe is substituted for white. [19] [22] MacEwen tartan also strongly resembles the Clan Colquhoun tartan except that the Colquhoun tartan has all red stripes instead of the yellow McEwen stripe and Colqhoun plaid has white border stripes around the blue and green squares. [23]
A Victorian-era romanticised depiction of a member of the clan by R. R. McIan, from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845. Clan Maclachlan, also known as Clan Lachlan, [2] Clann Lachainn (Argyll), [1] and Clann Lachlainn, [1] is a Highland Scottish clan that historically centred on the lands of Strathlachlan (Srath Lachainn "Valley of Lachlan") on Loch Fyne, Argyll on the west ...