page_title: Clan Chattan
section_title: Clan Association
hierarchical_section_title: Clan Chattan / Clan Association
caption_attribution_description: English: Location 57.029673,-4.196166, between Laggan and Newtonmore, Cairngorms National Park, Inverness-shire. Panorama looking South from Chattan Clan Monument to Sarah Justina Macpherson, wife of Ewen Macpherson of Cluny Castle, head of the Chattan clan. On the left is the fenced monument; behind it (to the East) is Craig Dhu; below that meanders the sunlit upper River Spey, with the Cairngorm Mountains blue in the distance. To the right (on the West) looking up the Spey valley, there is rain.
context_page_description: Clan Chattan is a unique confederaton of Highland clans. The clan is unique in highland clan history in that it was acknowledged to be a community or confederation, of twelve separate Scottish clans, who each had their own clan chief recognized under Scottish law, but who were united under and bound to a superior chief of the confederation for mutual solidarity, sustenance and protection in the Middle Ages and early modern period in the Scottish Highlands.
context_section_description: The activities of the Clan are carried on by the Clan Chattan Association, a descendant of the original association established in 1727 for the purpose of defending the interests of the clan "against all who would seek the injury of any of its subscribers".
  In the nineteenth century, many clan societies and associations emerged, with the aim of promoting social interaction between people linked by a common name, and interest in their clan's history. Among these was the second Clan Chattan Association, founded in Glasgow in 1893. Initial support for the association was strong with the meetings, lectures and dances described as "a brilliant success", but it faded out by about 1900. Even so, clan historians of that period produced several works which are still used today.
  In the summer of 1933, the third Clan Chattan Association was founded in London. Now based in Scotland, the association has worldwide membership. It organizes a number of activities, such as the annual events in early August at Moy Hall in conjunction with the Highland Field Sports Fair. Members are kept informed of events through the annual journal of the association.
caption: Panorama South from Chattan Clan monument to Sarah Justina Macpherson of Cluny at Craig Dhu, Laggan, Scotland
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