HEPBURN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre hand-pleated skirt is crafted in

hand-pleated skirt is crafted in the most traditional way

the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent companies of troops to police the Highlanders

but the motif is the same throughout

This original version used three colours - red

one in 1734 in possession of George Buchanan

HEPBURN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre hand-pleated skirt is crafted inThis sett was produced for Captain Charles Hepburn in 1968 by Anderson's of Edinburgh, from an existing design. The Hepburns are associated with Hermitage Castle in Liddesdale and the history of Mary, Queen of Scots. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1536 78), married the Queen after being implicated in the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley.