MACPHIE (MODERN) Choose:By the metre 'The Tartans of the Clans

'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland' (1886) says

This is oldest recorded version of the Clan sett

later known as 'Old Bruce'

It is the same as Ferguson of Balquhidder with the green stripe on blue changed to white

This is remarkably close to Morrison which the Sobieskis may well have seen and altered very slightly to make this Seton

MACPHIE (MODERN) Choose:By the metre 'The Tartans of the ClansMacPhies, MacFie, or MacDuffie held lands on the Isle of Colonsay until the mid seventeenth century but were later scattered by the clearances. They were the hereditary Keeper of the Records to the Lords of the Isles. The present Commander, Sandy MacPhie, lives in Queensland, Australia. The resemblance of this tartan to that of the Camerons may denote the MacFies' allegiance to that clan on the mainland after they were dispersed from Colonsay.