GOW (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'I' The principle family is MacBean

The principle family is MacBean of Kinchyle from the northern end of Loch Ness

A piece of the MacBean tartan went to the moon and back in Apollo XII in Nov

An early sample of the Black Watch tartan labelled 'Grant' is in the collection of Lt Gen Sir William Cockburn at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow

Lord Darnley

There apparently is a sample in the Highland Society of London Collection

GOW (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'I' The principle family is MacBeanA tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717 1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http: www. dunkeldcathedral. org. uk 55 history visitors 228 niel gow). Possibly the basis for the design of later tartans. The Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan. Gow is Gaelic for Smith meaning blacksmith. Gow's father was a 'plaid weaver' (Sutton Carr). There apparently is a