Skene of Cromar Tartan

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Part of Clan Skene
Other Clan Skene tartans
 Skene Skene of Cromar

About this tartan

Clan Skene's origin is told through a legend in which a younger son of the Clan Robertson chief of Struan killed a wolf threatening the king using only his sgian-dubh, and was rewarded with lands in Aberdeenshire that gave the family its name. John de Skene appears in records from the reign of Malcolm III, and his descendant Robert de Skene received a barony charter from Robert the Bruce in 1318. Chiefs of the name fell at the battles of Harlaw in 1411, Flodden in 1513 and Pinkie in 1547

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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.