Scottish Clans
Black Watch Tartans & Clan
Bienvenu à la page d'accueil du tartan ecossais Black Watch Modern et Clan Campbell. Bleu foncé, vert foncé et noir sont les couleurs dominantes de ce tartan écossais. Le tartan Black Watch (garde noir) est l'uniforme du régiment Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (souvent abrégé 3 SCOTS), un bataillon d'infanterie écossaise du Régiment royal d’Écosse, formé en 1725. George II autorisa le général George Wade à créer six régiments « de garde » pour patrouiller les Highlands et maintenir l’ordre suite aux rébellions jacobites de 1715. En gaélique Black Watch traduit comme "Am Freiceadan Dubh".
Qui port le Black Watch tartan? - Noms associés
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.
- Campbell
- Fraser of Lovat
- Grant
- Munro
Les régiments associés
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
- Argyllshire Highlanders, 91st
- Auckland Highland Rifle Volunteers (NZ)
- Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regt)
- Black Watch of Canada
- Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers (NZ)
- Gurkha Rifles 5th, 2nd Bt. (Punjab)
- Gurkha Rifles, 6th (Punjab)
- Gurkha Rifles, 8th (Bengal)
- Glasgow Highlanders
- New Zealand 1st Armoured Car Regiment
- New South Wales Scottish (Aus)
- Punjabis, 22nd (Punjab)
- Royal Durban Light Infantry (SA)
- Royal New South Wales Regiment (Aus)
- Royal Regiment of Scotland
- Tyneside Scottish
- Wellington Highlanders (NZ)
Black WatchTartans
9variationsLes couleurs d'un tartan peuvent être rendues suivant des nuances variées, ce qui conduit à des variations possibles dans le rendu d'un même tartan. qualifiées de ancien, modernes, weathered, hunting et dress.
Pour expliquer les variations de tartan
- 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.
Quelques constats
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.
Quelques constats
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.
Quelques constats
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.
Quelques constats
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.
Quelques constats
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.
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Black Watch Clan Histoire & Origines
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Territories
La Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment) trouve son origine des compagnies d’infanterie levées en 1725 afin de maintenir la paix dans les Highlands écossais. Les soldats a porté le Kilt Black Watch.
Clan Chief
Bienvenu à la page d'accueil du tartan ecossais Black Watch Modern et Clan Campbell. Bleu foncé, vert foncé et noir sont les couleurs dominantes de ce tartan écossais. Le tartan Black Watch (garde noir) est l'uniforme du régiment Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (souvent abrégé 3 SCOTS), un bataillon d'infanterie écossaise du Régiment royal d’Écosse, formé en 1725. George II autorisa le général George Wade à créer six régiments « de garde » pour patrouiller les Highlands et maintenir l’ordre suite aux rébellions jacobites de 1715.
D'où vient le nom Black Watch?
En gaélique Black Watch (garde noir) traduit comme "Am Freiceadan Dubh". Le tartan sombre est l’uniforme du régiment, car certains Highlanders pensaient qu’ils avaient un cœur bien sombre pour faire respecter la loi d’un gouvernement aussi strict, ou bien à cause de la défense contre le racket de protection, aussi appelé « black mail » à l’époque (littéralement « courrier noir », signifiant chantage). Black Watch est connu comme le Government Tartan (tartan du gouvernement) et les soldats furent recrutés dans les clans Campbell, Fraser, Munro et Grant car ils étaient loyaux à la couronne.
Résponsabilités de régiment Black Watch
Le rôle de régiment Black Watch était de patrouiller les Highlands et maintenir l’ordre suite aux rébellions jacobites de 1715.
Qui a fait parti du régiment Black Watch?
George II autorisa le général George Wade à créer six régiments « de garde » pour patrouiller les Highlands et maintenir l’ordre, trois régiments de Clan Campbell, un de Clan Fraser of Lovat, un de Clan Munro et un de Clan Grant. Lisez l'histoire de Black Watch sur le Tartan blog.
Motto de Régiment: Nemo me impune lacessit (No One Provokes Me With Impunity)
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