Colquhoun Anc.

This tartan is well documented, appearing in the earliest collections, and certified by the Chief, with his seal and signature, in the archives of the Highland Society of London. (c.1816). The Clan tartan, in its present form, was woven by Wilson's of Bannockburn at the beginning of the 19th century and recorded in the firm's pattern books dated 1819...In their 1850 book "The Clan and Family Tartans of Scotland " William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline wrote: "Use and wont (customary practice) with the assent of all the authorities to whom we have applied, attest the genuiness of the Colquhoun Tartan, here given, which is the proper Tartan of the Cowans - that being a mere corruption of Colquhoun."

This tartan dates to 1810.