MACBEAN (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'P' " (1880s) "Unfortunately the original

" (1880s) "Unfortunately the original piece of cloth has been lost

It is a colour variation of Grey Douglas

Also marketed in 20th century as Hunter

or MacDuffie held lands on the Isle of Colonsay until the mid seventeenth century but were later scattered by the clearances

The MacNeils are hereditary pipers to the MacLeans of Duart

MACBEAN (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'P' " (1880s) "Unfortunately the originalMacBains, 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. A piece of the MacBean tartan went to the moon and back in Apollo XII in Nov. 1969 with Cdr Alan L Bean.