GOW (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Expected completion date is beginning

Expected completion date is beginning of June 2026

Countess of Mar

From W & A K Johnston's 1906 publication which states that it was taken from a piece of tartan dyed and woven by the wife of Alexander XVI of Keppoch who was killed at Culloden

The MacKinlay tartan could be described in tartan parlance as Black Watch with red

GOW (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Expected completion date is beginningThe Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan. Gow is Gaelic for Smith meaning blacksmith. Gow's father was a 'plaid weaver' (Sutton Carr). There apparently is a sample in the Highland Society of London Collection.