| 'The Clans, Sept and Regiments of the Scottish
Highlands' (1908) by Frank Adam, is the first document of
the tartan. The history of the Clan MacAlpine is obscure.
The Siol Alpin is claimed as the origin of a number of
clans, but as D.C. Stewart remarks, "belongs rather to
mythology than to history." It is considered to be a branch
of the royal Clan Alpin, of the Kings of Dalriada. The
tartan is similar to the hunting MacLean, but for the
yellow lines. Other tartans connected with Siol Alpin are
red.
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