Originally Posted by
figheadair
I've never heard of any clan tartan being found at Culloden, certainly not the Clan Donald and think this rumour to be baseless. I think it's an apocryphal story probably based on the claim for the origins of Reproduction colours, itself nonesense.
Peter, this reminds me of an individual I knew years ago who informed me that the Weathered Gordon tartan was based upon fragments dug up at Culloden. This, before I knew better 
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
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