MACALPINE (ANCIENT) SOLID Many of the illustrated tartans

Many of the illustrated tartans owe their present day popularity to the publication of this work

The Scottish Odyssey tartan is a 'celebration of the wonderful experiences to be gained' from a visit to Scotland and some of the most spectacularly contrasting landscapes to be seen in Europe

which existed in the collection of the Highland Society of London

First mentioned by Wilsons of Bannockburn in 1805

MACALPINE (ANCIENT) SOLID Many of the illustrated tartansThe Clans, Sept and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands' (1908) by Frank Adam, is the first document of the tartan. The history of the Clan MacAlpine is obscure. The Siol Alpin is claimed as the origin of a number of clans, but as D. C. Stewart remarks, "belongs rather to mythology than to history." It is considered to be a branch of the royal Clan Alpin, of the Kings of Dalriada. The tartan is similar to the hunting MacLean, but for the yellow lines.