MacLeod of Gesto

A tartan of the MacLeod of Gesto family.

Its design is pattern BKBKBKGGGKBKR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.

Pre-1850 sett resembling a Wilson's of Bannockburn sample recorded for the 1851 Great Exhibition, now held in Stirling.

The MacLeod of Gesto tartan is recorded as a single sett.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
MacLeod of GestoDB/18 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K14 G16 Y4 G16 K14 DB16 K2 R/4202
MacLeod of Gesto sett

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