BURNS CHECK DRESS They are associated with Dunottar

They are associated with Dunottar Castle

with a traditional 'window-pane' check that is interwoven with threads of sky and topaz

Fencibles were a kind of Home Guard formed at the time of the Napoleonic Invasion threat

Also known as Comyn

Tartan shared by Hunter

BURNS CHECK DRESS They are associated with DunottarAlmost 50 years ago the late Baron Marchand of Messrs George Harrison & Co. of Edinburgh explained to E. S. Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin, how the Burns Check came about. He related that he had been approached by a friend from 'The Scotsman' newspaper with the suggestion that he create a Robert Burns tartan. The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell a clan with which the Burns family were connected but after much discussion it was decided