MAPLE LEAF Choose:By the metre Tartan shared with Austin

Tartan shared with Austin

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

Frank Adam called the sett Skene

agree in saying that this specimen is the correct 'Lamond Tartan'

is known as the MacGill Society tartan

MAPLE LEAF Choose:By the metre Tartan shared with AustinAlso known as Dominion of Canada. Known officially as the Maple Leaf tartan, the pattern incorporates the green of the leaves' summer foliage, the gold which appears in early autumn, the red which appears with the coming of the first frost, and the brown tones of the fallen leaves. Fraser & Kirkbright say (Sept 2002) it was made for Highland Queen Sportswear in anticipation of the centenary of Confederation status in 1867.