BURNS CHECK DRESS which was burned down by

which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593

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

Scottish Tartans Society notes: A powerful Border Clan who pursued a deadly feud with the Maxwells

It was eventually preserved in the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh

BURNS CHECK DRESS which was burned down byAlmost 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