MACQUARRIE (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre This tartan was originally supplied

This tartan was originally supplied by William Wilson and Sons of Bannockburn to a Mr Kidd who used it to clothe the slaves on his West Indian plantation

This is the same sett as MacDonald of Sleat

''This is one of the few ancient tartans too well authenticated to admit of doubt or question

The MacColls are a branch of the Clan Donald who settled around Loch Fyne

MACQUARRIE (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre This tartan was originally suppliedThe earliest reference to a related MacQuarrie sett appears in the Cockburn Collection (c. 1815). D C Stewart says, ''The MacQuarrie tartan now most often used is related to the red MacDonald. MacQuarrie's were followers of the Lords of the Isles and held lands on the Isle of Mull. The chiefship today is vacant."