MACKAY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre One documented claim states that

One documented claim states that this was designed by David Thomas - one time director of the Strathmore Woollen Co

Despite that

This is our premium fine wool tartan kilt

In order that the matter should be settled and the design be ''known and recognised as the proper tartan of the Tribe of Mar

Stewart thought this took place about the time of the Union (1707)

MACKAY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre One documented claim states thatThe pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour, suggesting a territorial origin for both. Recently historians of Scottish dress have tended to stress the geographical sources, rather than the clan associations of the earliest Highland tartans. A sample was signed and sealed by the Chief for Highland Society of London in 1816. The sett is known as the 'Green' Mackay.