MACEWAN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Henderson is MacEanruig - pronounced

Henderson is MacEanruig - pronounced MacKendrick

It is not possible to say whether Wilson's pattern was intended as a district or a family sett

and in the spirit of the times

The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell - a clan with which the Burns family were connected - but after much discussion it was decided more appropriate to model it on the Shepherd's Check

MACEWAN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Henderson is MacEanruig - pronouncedAlso McEwan The tartan resembles the Campbell of Loudoun except for the red stripe. MacEwans have a historical link with the Campbells dating from 1432 when the lands of MacEwan of the Otter were annexed to Campbell territory. The association was not always a happy one and the 'broken' MacEwans settled in various parts of Lennox, Lochaber and Galloway.