Cochrane Ancient

Extremely confusing story: James Scarlett says that this tartan was taken from a portrait and was for long sold as Cochrane but in 1974 the 14th Earl of Dundonald used his prerogative as Chief to vary the design so as to reduce the groups of four red lines to three. Later notes on the tartan shown here states: "This is said to be the trade version of Cochrane but it is in fact recorded as the clan tartan in the Lord Lyon Book LCB 52 dated 12th November 1984. Lyon count: G68 R8 G6 R4 G8 R4 G6 R8 G34 K34 R4 B34 R8 B8 Y6." STS notes say: "Lord Dundonald originally registered a version missing a red and a green stripe with Lord Lyon in 1974. There is a story that a fragment of this design was discovered in the foundations of a Perthshire house around the 1930's, thought to be of greater authenticity. However, other reports suggest that the missing stripes were simply a typing error. The sett is based on the old Lochaber district tartan which also provided a base for the MacDonald and the Cameron of Erracht. (All of which have four red stripes)" In 1984 the sett was changed back and recorded with Lord Lyon.