Matheson Tartan

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

Part of Clan Matheson

About this tartan

The Mathesons settled around Lochalsh, Lochcarron and Kintail. The historian Black derived the name from the Gaelic for 'son of the bear', and the chief's arms have two bears as supporters. Granted lands by the Celtic Earls of Ross, the Mathesons appear early in the record: Kenneth MacMathan, constable of Eilean Donan, is named in the Norse account of King Haakon IV's expedition of 1263

Read the Clan Matheson story

Modern or Ancient?

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