MacBean (Clan) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- MacBean (Clan)
- ITI Number:
- 952
- Category:
- Clan/Family
- Designer / Source:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1847 ish
- Colour Sequence:
- GWRBGBRWKGKWKBWBKWRWKBWBKWKGKWRBGBRW
- Thread Count:
- G14 W4 R8 LP8 G4 LP8 R8 W4 K4 G20 K4 W4 K4 B4 W4 B4 K8 W4 R114 W4 K8 B4 W4 B4 K4 W4 K4 G20 K4 W4 R8 LP8 G4 LP8 R8 W4
- Notes:
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This is the standard clan tartan although it does not agree with the count registered in the Lord Lyon’s ‘Public Register of all Arms & Bearings in Scotland" on 8th March 1960. STS notes refer to a letter of 31.10.98 and go on to say: "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."
The original STS notes said that this was the version recorded by Lord Lyon under the name MacBain but that is not the case – the Lord Lyon count is shown exactly at #951. A piece of the MacBean tartan went to the moon and back in Apollo XII in Nov. 1969 with Cdr Alan L Bean.
