BLACK WATCH (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'D' the black line was dropped

the black line was dropped - by mistake or design - in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842

Scottish Tartan Society: A sample of this distinctive and ancient tartan exists in the Cockburn Collection in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow dating before 1810 when the collection was made

Robert Bain was said to have illustrated it with four red lines but there is no evidence of this in his book 'The Clans & Tartans of Scotland'

'sons of Parlan'

BLACK WATCH (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'D' the black line was droppedIn 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent companies of troops to police the Highlanders. One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch. The companies were known locally as the 'Black Watch' and were eventually consolidated to form the 43rd (later 42nd) Royal Highland Regiment. The Independent Companies wore a dark blue, black and green plaid which was woven