Was Tartan ever actually banned?

[figheadair]

I am not sure what reliable evidence you would need or accept. A hand written note from somebody dated 1790, A church entry that talked about it. Neither of which you will find since Folklore talks about it happening when the tartan was banned and paper was not as available as it is today.

But the whole point of my original post was to point out that it 'appears' from reading copies of the Act that tartan per se was not banned.

I see I've started a hare running that's disappeared off down a different rabbit hole (to mix my game metaphores). All very interesting but perhaps the Kirkin should be discussed in a separate thread as it rather detracts for discussing one of the fundamental myths (if I'm right) surrounding tartan.