MUNRO (MODERN) Choose:By the metre It is a colour variation

It is a colour variation of Grey Douglas

Lord of the Isles

the occupants of a shieling in which some of them lodged

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

Tartan also used by Buchan

MUNRO (MODERN) Choose:By the metre It is a colour variationThis was manufactured by Wilsons of Bannockburn as 'Lochiel Tartan' (that is Cameron of Lochiel) and how it became a Munro tartan is a mystery. Despite that, this sett is usually regarded as the correct form of the Munro tartan. It is illustrated by Smibert and the Smith brothers (both works published in 1850). In early versions (as shown here) bright pink replaces the crimson between the three green lines. Munros wear the 'Black Watch' as a Hunting