RENWICK (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'D' This sett is based on

This sett is based on Logan's 'Sutherland' tartan

luxurious New Wool Tweed

The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell - a clan with which the Burns family were connected - but after much discussion it was decided more appropriate to model it on the Shepherd's Check

An old kilt worn by Commander Alex Hannay (1788 - 1844) was discovered by his descendant

Jamie Scarlett pointed out (April 2006) that it was interesting that the tartan for Rob Roy MacGregor's greatest publicist - Scott seemed to owe its origins to the Clan Gregor tartan of 1819

RENWICK (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'D' This sett is based onVery close to the Clergy tartan in design if not in colour. Details of the sett were obtained from a specimen in the Catto Collection in Willowdale, Canada but little if anything is known of its origins. James Renwick was the last man officially executed (1688) in Scotland for religious principles.