- Mill: Loch
- Weight: 16 oz.
- Clan Motto: This I'll Defend
- Known Septs Include: ALLAN, ALLANACH, ALLANSON, ALLEN, ALLISON, BARTHOLOMEW, BARTIE, BARTLEMAN, BARTLET, BARTLETT, BARTY, BRYCE, CALLANDER, CUNNISON, GALBRAITH, GALBREATH, GALLOWAY, KENNIESON, LEAPER, LEIPPER, LENNOX, MACAINDRA, MACALLAN, MACCAUSE, MACCONDACH, MACCONDY, MACERRACHER, MACFARLAN, MACFARLANE, MACGEOCH, MACGREUSICH, MACGURK, MACINSTALKER, MACJAMES, MACKINLAY, MACMTER, MACNAIR, MACNEUR, MACNIDER, MACNUIR, MACPARLAND, MACPHARLAN, MACROB, MACROBB, MACtNALLY, MACWALTER, MACWtLLIAM, MCAINDRA, MCALLAN, MCCAUSE, MCCONDACH, MCCONDY, MCERRACHER, MCFARLAN, MCFARLANE, MCGEOCH, MCGREUSICH, MCGURK, MCINSTALKER, MCJAMES, MCKINLAY, MCMTER, MCNAIR, MCNEUR, MCNIDER, MCNUIR, MCPARLAND, MCPHARLAN, MCROB, MCROBB, MCtNALLY, MCWALTER, MCWtLLIAM, MILLAR, MILLER, MONACH, MUNNOCH, MUNNOCK, NAPIER, PARLAN, PARLANE, ROBB, SMITH, SPREULL, SPROUL, STALKER, THOMASON, WEAVER, WEBSTER, WEIR, WILLIAMSON, WYLIE, WYLLIE
- Notes:
This tartan appears first in the 1842 Vestiarium Scoticum. It is seen, but unnamed, in the Highland Society of London Collection (original has a much smaller sett). A sample in the Inverness Museum and also in the MacGregor Hastie Collection is labelled Wallace Dress. It's also known as the Lendrum or Black and White MacFarlane. There is an alternative MacFarlane B & W on record with a slightly different thread count. Sample in STA Dalgety Collection.
MacFarlanes, 'sons of Parlan', came originally from the lands about Arrochar in the West of Scotland. The clan was proscribed and their lands forfeited, in the same way as the MacGregors. Many emigrated and some changed their name: Bartholomew is a Southern form of the name. The chiefship is vacant.