The Cameron of Erracht tartan was designed in 1793 by the wife of Donald Cameron for the 79th regiment that her son General sir Allan Cameron had raised. She did not want their regiment wearing the Black Watch tartan. Her tartan is supposedly based on a mix of the Cameron and the MacDonell of Keppoch (her family).
The term ‘ancient’ refers to the dye shades, normally lighter, whereas ‘modern’ refers to darker colours.
The term ‘weathered’ refers to the dye shades, these shades were brought out in the 1950s to replicate a fragment of tartan found buried supposedly on an historic battlefield.
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