MACGILL (MODERN) ANCIENT A piece of this web

A piece of this web was in the possession of my grand-aunt Miss Flora MacRa (sic) of Ardintoul

CURRENT STATUS: On weave (expected to be completed 31st March 2026)

The painting depicts the subject in a coat and plaid in the Black Watch tartan

which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593

MACGILL (MODERN) ANCIENT A piece of this webThe family tartan, which originated with the MacGills of Jura, was in use before 1745 but when tartan was proscribed the sett seemed to have been lost until a piece was discovered in Kintyre and placed in the Museum of Antiquities (now incorporated into the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers St., Edinburgh). The current version, which first appeared in 1930, is known as the MacGill Society tartan.