MacBean (Lord Lyon version) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- MacBean (Lord Lyon version)
- Alternative Name:
- MacBain
- ITI Number:
- 951
- Category:
- Clan/Family
- Designer / Source:
- Unknown
- Date:
- pre 1960
- Slog:
- RWB:WGR
- Colour Sequence:
- RWBKWKBWKGKWRSGSRWGWRSGSRWKGKWBKWKBW
- Thread Count:
- DR120 CW4 SB10 K4 CW4 K4 SB10 CW4 K4 G24 K4 CW4 DR10 AS10 G4 AS10 DR10 CW4 G20 CW4 DR10 AS10 G4 AS10 DR10 CW4 K4 G24 K4 CW4 SB10 K4 CW4 K4 SB10 CW4
- Notes:
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Recorded in Lord Lyon’s Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. No 43.108. 8th March 1960.
STS notes: MacBains, MacBeans, and MacVeans are all forms of the same name possibly from the same origin as the early Scottish King, Donald Ban. The principle family is MacBean of Kinchyle from the northern end of Loch Ness. The MacBains are closely associated with Mackintosh and this is apparent in the design of the tartan. This version, recorded by Lord Lyon under the name MacBain, shows a minor variation on the earlier MacBean sett attributed to McIan (1847).
The Lord Lyon count below is incorrect in that the last W4 should be before the G20. A piece of the MacBean tartan went to the moon and back in Apollo XII in Nov. 1969 with Cdr Alan L Bean.
