Scottish Clans
Chattan Tartans & Clan
Bienvenidos el Chattan página de tartán Escocesa. Naranjo, azul y blanco son los colores principales en este tartán Escocesa.
Who Wears Chattan 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.
- Cameron
- Cattanach
- Clark
- Davidson
- Farquharson
- Gillespie
- Keith
- MacBean
- MacClurg
- MacClurgs
- MacGillivray
- MacGlashan
- MacHardie
- MacIntyres in Badenoch
- Mackintosh
- Maclean of Dochgarroch
- MacPhail
- Macpherson
- MacQueens of Strathdearn
- MacThomas
- Noble
- Shaw
- Smith
Chattan Tartans
1 variationsEach tartan can have multiple variations, the most common of which are Ancient, Modern, Weathered, Hunting and Dress
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.
Desde el principio
Chattan Clan Historia y Orígenes
Explorar la historia de Clan Chattan
Cómo empezó todo
Territories
Glenloy and Loch Arkaig in the Highlands
Clan Chief
The current chief is Malcolm K. MacKintosh of Clan Chattan
Que hay en el nombre Chattan?
There are two theories surrounding the origin of the name Chattan, one is that it came from the Catti who were a tribe of Gauls who had been driven out by the Romans and the second is that it comes from Catnav in Sutherland.
Tor Castle
In the 11th century Tor Castle became the seat of the chiefs of Clan Chattan, with the early keep most likely built by Alasdair Carrach, from the Keppoch branch of the Macdonalds. From then on the Castle was the bounty fought over by the Camerons and Chattans (Mackintosh) with the fight for ownership of the lands of Glenloy and Loch Arkaig lasting 350 years! It was deemed worth fighting for due to it's strong position above the river Lochy. Finally in 1528 James V granted the Camerons legal possession through a charter of land.Clan Chattan's Historic Seat is Torcastle in Lochaber
Clan Motto: Touch not the cat bot a glove.
