page_title: Clan MacDougall
section_title: Tartans
hierarchical_section_title: Clan MacDougall / Tartans
caption_attribution_description: MacDougall tartan, as published in the Vestiarium Scoticum. The thread count for this tartan is derived from the text of the Vestiarium, not the plate. Modern thread count: P8 G16 B12 P16 R12 G4 R4 G4 R48 G2 R6.
context_page_description: Clan MacDougall is a Highland Scottish clan, historically based in and around Argyll. The Lord Lyon King of Arms who is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of coats of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, recognizes under Scottish law the Chief of Clan MacDougall. The MacDougall chiefs share a common ancestry with the chiefs of Clan Donald in descent from Somerled of the 12th century. In the 13th century the Clan MacDougall whose chiefs were the original Lords of Argyll and later Lords of Lorne was the most powerful clan in the Western Highlands. During the Wars of Scottish Independence the MacDougalls sided with the Clan Comyn whose chiefs rivaled Robert the Bruce for the Scottish Crown and this resulted in clan battles between the MacDougalls and Bruce. This marked the MacDougall's fall from power and led to the rise of their relatives, the Clan Donald, who had supported Bruce and also the rise to power of the Clan Campbell who were the habitual enemies of the MacDougalls and Clan Donald.
context_section_description: MacDougall (Modern)
  MacDougall (Ancient)
  MacDougall (Dress)
caption: MacDougall tartan, as published in 1842 in the Vestiarium Scoticum.[18]
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