MACDONALD OF SLEAT (ANCIENT) DISTRICT This is the correct version

This is the correct version of the asymmetrical Malcolm as shown by the woven sample in W and A Smith's 1850 publication 'The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'

That right was granted to Alexander MacDonald of MacDonald whose son Godfrey is now the 8th Chief

The Sobieski Stuart brothers who published the Vestiarium claimed to be the heirs to a manuscript once in the hands of Prince Charles Edward Stuart himself but the original was never produced for public examination

This tartan dates to a c1930 pattern

Shades of russet and chestnut

MACDONALD OF SLEAT (ANCIENT) DISTRICT This is the correct versionAlso Middleton Middleton of Kinfauns. Scottish Tartan Society notes: The MacDonald of Sleat tartan was manufactured in the 18th century and called MacDonald of Sleat, Lord of the Isles. The pattern was devised from an old MacDonald tartan that is shown in a painting at Armadale Castle, but it appears that the reconstruction differs somewhat from the original. Whether this was intended or simply a mistake is entirely open to conjecture but it would not