LIVINGSTON (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'H' The first idea had been Simlar to the Davidson BTMHelmsdale-5m Lindsay Mod Choose:Black Watch - By the metre

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

A portrait of Robert Grant of Lurg

due to the vagaries of the illustrators of tartan books

From Vestiarium Scoticum

More likely the tartan came from the Aberdeenshire Johnstons

LIVINGSTON (ANCIENT) Tartans beginning with 'H' The first idea had been Simlar to the Davidson BTMHelmsdale 5m Lindsay Mod Choose:Black Watch By the metre 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 A portrait of Robert Grant of Lurg