SHEPHERD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Balmoral blue and an orangy

Balmoral blue and an orangy red

the pattern incorporates the green of the leaves' summer foliage

and are independent of other families of that name

The MacColls are a branch of the Clan Donald who settled around Loch Fyne

SHEPHERD (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre Balmoral blue and an orangyThis is an old traditional border shepherd's check made of white wool and black wool, and which was later introduced to the Highlands and formed the basis of many of the estate checks. Also known as The Falkirk Tartan because of the discovery of such a weave in the neck of a jar containing Roman coins buried about 260 A. D. The black and white check is woven today as a family tartan for the surname Shepherd tartan. It predates most Scottish tartans