Here's a link to Peter MacDonald's article about the origins of the Buchanan tartan
https://www.scottishtartans.co.uk/Buchanan.pdf
Logan in 1831 stated that the Buchanans and MacMillans wore the same tartan, however the colouring of the illustration of the MacMillan figure has simplified Buchanan somewhat, and weavers followed the errors in the illustration rather than the unambiguous text in order to create a dedicated MacMillan tartan.
Here at right is a c1800-1810 example of Buchanan, centre the McIan "Buchanan" illustration, and left the McIan "MacMillan" illustration.
Last edited by OC Richard; 25th December 23 at 07:21 AM.
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