SUTHERLAND OLD (WEATHERED) Choose:By the metre Tartan also shared with Hunter

Tartan also shared with Hunter

one year after the proscription of Highland dress

The discovery was made during the demolition of a Black House on Lewis in 1935

there are at least 27 different setts

in the collection of the Highland Society of London (c

SUTHERLAND OLD (WEATHERED) Choose:By the metre Tartan also shared with HunterThis tartan sett is found in the 1840 book, the 'Vestiarium Scoticum'. The foundation resembles the Black Watch with red and white lines superimposed (Jamie Scarlett MBE). Scottish Tartans Society notes for this tartan don't exactly make sense. 'The earlier date refers to a letter from Gordon Earl of Sutherland instructing Murray of Dulrossie to 'remove the red and white lines from the plaids of the men so as to bring their dress into harmony with