BLACK WATCH (MODERN) [non-wool] Gunn There is much debate over

There is much debate over the true representation of the Mar District tartan

whose family seat is at Caskieben

Also known as Thompson Red

Possibly the basis for the design of later tartans

This is the sett that appears in the Vestiarium Scoticum as MacIntosh (Vestiarium Scotorum (1842) 87

BLACK WATCH (MODERN) [non-wool] Gunn There is much debate overGov. Tartan No. 1. This sett is based on Logan's 'Sutherland' tartan. Various thread counts appear in Wilsons pattern books of roughly the same proportions. Documents show that this was the tartan appointed for the Highland Companies in 1725 and later for the Black Watch in 1739. Slightly different count from 42nd Regiment. In 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent