Paterson Tartan

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Part of Clan Paterson

About this tartan

Clan Paterson is a Lowland family whose name means 'Patrick's son'; Frank Adam treated Paterson as a Lowland rendering of the Gaelic MacPatrick. Because it arose independently from many Patricks, Black's Surnames of Scotland calls it one of the commonest of Scottish surnames. It is counted among the septs of Clan MacLaren, whose society calls it the clan's largest sept, and a Farquharson family history traces 'the Patersons in the North' to that clan

Read the Clan Paterson story

Modern or Ancient?

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