Other Clan Akins tartans
AkinsAkins of Candler
About this tartan
Sources give two different origin accounts for the name Akins. The better documented treats it as a variant of Aiken or Aitken, from a double diminutive of the Biblical name Adam; Aiken, Akin and Atkins appear among the sept names of the House of Gordon. A second account links the surname to Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye (Gaelic Caol Àcain), a strait popularly said to be named after King Haakon IV of Norway, whose fleet anchored there in 1263
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Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.
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