Clark Tartan

Blankets, clothing, ornaments and gifts in the Clark tartan - each one made for you.

Part of Clan Clark

About this tartan

Clark is not a Highland or Lowland clan with its own chief, but an occupational surname meaning 'clerk' or scribe, from the Latin clericus; in Gaelic-speaking districts the equivalent name was Mac a' Chleirich, later anglicised as Clark, Clerk, or Clarkson. Because literacy was long associated with the clergy, the name arose independently in many places rather than from a single family. Families bearing it typically attached themselves to more powerful neighbours, and Clark is recorded as a sept name of both Clan Cameron and Clan Macpherson in the Highlands

Read the Clan Clark story

Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.