Fit Check - Burns Supper 2026

[Troglodyte]

"When the idea of clan tartans first became a 'thing' it seems that the clans who had manned the Independent Companies that went on the become the Black Watch, or the other regiments, would have become used to seeing their young men sporting a kilt in the regimental (government) tartan.

It seems these clans - Campbell, Grant and Munro - used 'Black Watch' as their respective clan tartan until about 200 years ago"

My Athol kilt is a derivative of the government tartan in that category.

Black Watch is the basis for a surprising number of tartans. You can create a 'new' tartan simply by adding a red, yellow, white, or whatever you fancy, line in the base tartan (as lots seem to have done), or change any or all the colours without altering the sett.

You can waste hours' of fun with a digital 'tartan creater' programme...