MACRAE HUNTING (ANCIENT) [non-wool] LONDONDERRY 3rd Battalion

3rd Battalion

whose family seat is at Caskieben

They are associated with Dunottar Castle

it must be one of the earliest known genuine Lowland tartans

The regiment's uniform included the blue Glengarry cap with red 'tourie'

MACRAE HUNTING (ANCIENT) [non-wool] LONDONDERRY 3rd BattalionKinloch Anderson attributes this pattern as 'Based on a piece of kilt believed to have been worn at Sheriffmuir. (13th November 1715) Olive green or Grey green. 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartan' was written by D. W. Stewart and published in 1893.' When woven in muted or old colours weavers inexplicably insert a black guard on the white. As this swatch is in Modern colours, there is no black guards on the white stripe.