MacDougall Tartan

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

Part of Clan MacDougall
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About this tartan

Clan MacDougall descends from Dougall, son of the great 12th-century warlord Somerled, who inherited Argyll and a string of Hebridean islands, including Mull, Lismore, Jura, Tiree, and Coll, after his father's death in 1164. By the 13th century the MacDougalls were the most powerful clan in the Western Highlands, styled Lords of Lorn, and held a formidable chain of castles including Dunollie, Dunstaffnage, and Duntrune. Their fortunes turned in 1306, when Robert the Bruce killed John Comyn, the MacDougalls' ally, at Dumfries, drawing the clan into a blood feud with Bruce

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Modern or Ancient?

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