BLACK WATCH (MODERN) [non-wool] MODERN NOTE: On a weaving schedule

NOTE: On a weaving schedule due to finish end of January 2025

DW Stewart recorded this pattern in 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' from a relic

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

which the worthy Baronet acknowledges to be correct

It also has a smaller sett than the other MacLean (Weathered) pattern featured here

BLACK WATCH (MODERN) [non-wool] MODERN NOTE: On a weaving scheduleGov. Tartan No. 1. This sett is based on Logan's 'Sutherland' tartan. Various thread counts appear in Wilsons pattern books of roughly the same proportions. Documents show that this was the tartan appointed for the Highland Companies in 1725 and later for the Black Watch in 1739. Slightly different count from 42nd Regiment. In 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent