Clan Primary Image Campbell

Scottish Clans

Campbell Tartans & Clan

Bienvenidos el Campbell Ancient página de tartán Escocesa. Azul claro, verde y negro son los colores principales en este tartán Escocesa.

Clan Motto Ne Obliviscaris (Forget Not)

Who Wears Campbell Tartan? - Associated Names

First of all to explain why there are so many tartans, way over 2000 in fact. There are an awful lot of Scottish clans to start with and on top of this each clan can have many different tartans and names associated with it.

  • Ballantyne
  • Bannatyne
  • Burnes
  • Burness
  • Burns
  • Connochie
  • Conochie
  • Denoon
  • Denune
  • Donachie
  • Donaghy
  • Fisher
  • Hawes
  • Haws
  • Hawson
  • Isaac
  • Isaacs
  • Iverson
  • Kellar
  • Keller
  • Kissack
  • Kissock
  • Lorne
  • Louden
  • Lowdon
  • Lowden
  • Loudon
  • Maccolm
  • Maccombe
  • Macconachie
  • Macconchie
  • Macconnechy
  • Maccure
  • MacDermid
  • MacDermont
  • MacDiarmid
  • MacDonachie
  • Macellar
  • Macelvie
  • Maceur
  • Macever
  • MacGibbon
  • MacGlasrich
  • MacGubbin
  • MacIsaac
  • Maciver
  • Macivor
  • MacKellar
  • MacKelvie
  • MacKerlich
  • Mackerlie
  • MacKessack
  • MacKessock
  • MacKissock
  • MacKiver
  • MacLaws
  • Maclehose
  • Macliver
  • MacNichol
  • MacNicol
  • MacNiven
  • MacNocaird
  • Maconachie
  • Macoran
  • Macphedran
  • MacQuaker
  • Mactause
  • Mactavish
  • Macthomas
  • Macure
  • MacVicar
  • Ochiltree
  • Orr
  • Paterson
  • Pinkerton
  • Taweson
  • Tawse
  • Thomas
  • Thompson
  • Thomson
  • Ure

Associated Regiments

Over the last 300 years, tartans have been a part of official dress for some of the most famous regiments throughout the military world! Their respective regimental tartans became undisputedly tied to the very core identity of the soldiers who wear it. Explore the associated regiments below:

  • Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Argyll Fencibles
  • Breadalbane Fencibles
  • Black Watch
  • Dogras, 38th. (Punjab)
  • Garhwal Rifles, 1st Bt. 39th (Bengal)

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About tartan variations

  • Ancient
  • Modern
  • Weathered
  • Hunting
  • Dress

Ancient Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer colours typical of the Ancient tartans, mossy greens and sky blues, a more orangey red and some would say showing off the pattern to much greater effect as as the contrasts are much brighter than the Modern tartans. The pattern or sett remains the same across all variations of a single tartan, and only the shades or tones vary.

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Post 1860 chemical dyes replaced the natural animal and vegetable dyes and the Modern Tartans were born with their stronger and bolder colours. The soft greens and blues become bottle green and navy blue, reds are scarlet.

Modern Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer colours typical of the Ancient tartans. Post 1860 chemical dyes replaced the natural animal and vegetable dyes and the Modern Tartans were born with their stronger and bolder colours. The soft greens and blues become bottle green and navy blue, reds are scarlet.

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The Modern tartans are often the more subtle combinations such as the classic Black Watch Modern

Weathered Tartan

Before 1860 fabrics were coloured using animal and vegetable dyes. This produced the softer, more earthy colours typical of the Weathered tartans, reminiscent of bolder colours subjected to wind, rain and sunshine producing beautiful faded tones, olive greens and browns, and very light blues with reds that are more pink than red.

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Some mills refer to the Weathered tartans as Muted.

Hunting Tartan

The Hunting Tartans are the camouflage tartans and some clans don't have these variations because they are already predominantly green or brown and don't need amendment to blend in with nature's colours. The Black Watch or Gunn tartans are examples of these, whereas a tartan such as the Fraser is predominantly red and would not provide much cover for men out hunting.

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One thing to remember if you are ordering your tartan to match an existing kilt or accessory is that although the sett and colours are the same, there can be a slight difference in colour from one mill to the next. This is purely down to yarn dying so if you need an exact match we suggest you order a swatch to double check.

Dress Tartan

The Dress Tartans were designed as the name suggests for celebrations and highland dance. The sett or pattern of the tartan remains the same and the main colour is changed to white, or extra white is added to the pattern to give it a brighter, more "fancy" appearance. The Scots do like to bend the rules and occasionally instead of white thread, yellow is used and this is where the rather wild MacLeod Dress Modern and Barclay Dress Modern came from.

Helpful Advice

One thing to remember if you are ordering your tartan to match an existing kilt or accessory is that although the sett and colours are the same, there can be a slight difference in colour from one mill to the next. This is purely down to yarn dying so if you need an exact match we suggest you order a swatch to double check.

Clan Origin Primary Image Campbell

Desde el principio

Campbell Clan Historia y Orígenes

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Territories

Loch Awe

Clan Chief

The current chief is Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll

Que hay en el nombre Campbell?

The name Campbell comes from two Gaelic words, Cam which means crooked and Beul meaning mouth.

The surname Campbell is the third most common surname in Northern Ireland, fourth most common in Jamaica, seventh most common in Scotland, 12th most common in Canada, 18th most common in Australia, 41st most common in the United States and 65th most common in England.

Clan Origin Location Image Campbell

Castle Campbell

Set upon a narrow bridge the fortress that is Castle Campbell sits above Dollar Glen and is overlooked by the Ochil Hills. This scenic location was once the Lowland stronghold of the Campbell earls of Argyll. Built in the 1400s the Castle has many unique features including an arched loggia (an open walkway joining 2 storeys that you would expect to find in Italy rather than Scotland), and the John Knox's pulpit where he is said to have made a sermon in 1556. So why the Castle of Glooms? Castle Campbell was built where the Burns of Care and Sorrow join, overlooked by Gloom Hill, hence it's original name Castle Gloom or Castle Glume.

Clan Curiosity

National Argyle Day is held annually on the 8th January and celebrates the pattern said to have derived from the Clan Campbell of Argyll tartan. Argyle patterns comprise of repeated diamonds often featuring overlaid diagonal lines. Argyle Knitwear first became in the 1920's and was popularised by the Duke of Windsor who often wore the pattern as part of a golfing outfit.

Clan Motto: Ne Obliviscaris (Forget Not)


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