Kilt question to the rabble

[Tobus]

For purposes of clarity, or accuracy, I should point out that the "Sutherland" tartan worn by The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders has the exact alternating double-track feature that appears in the tartan of The Black Watch; here's a photo of an A&SH kilt that shows it clearly

True, but what figheadair is referring to is an actual simplified tartan that's often called the Sutherland 42nd tartan. Even Clan Sutherland recognizes it: http://www.clansutherland.org/FrTartans.htm (5th down on the right side of the page). They describe it as:

Although similar to Black Watch, the black stripes appear on every blue band instead of every other making it a shorter sett. It appeared in Wilson's Key Pattern Book of 1819 and there is a sample in the Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh. Both have this as being a Sutherland tartan.

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