All this talk of district tartans is very interesting and somewhat theoretical and I think that, in some cases, their ancestry is actually older than some of the older clan tartans, I stand to be corrected on that point. However, in real life, certainly in the highlands, they are almost irrelevant. I know of no one here that would consider wearing a district tartan,other than in a pipe band, even if anyone knew that they actually exist and very,very few do.