Clan Bain Collection

The Bains descend from John Bain Mackay, son of Neil Neilson Mackay, and are a branch of Clan Mackay of the far north of Scotland.…

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About Clan Bain

The Bains descend from John Bain Mackay, son of Neil Neilson Mackay, and are a branch of Clan Mackay of the far north of Scotland. The Bains of Tulloch were seated at Tulloch Castle near Dingwall. The line was founded amid a bitter internal Mackay feud that culminated, some time between about 1427 and 1433, in the Battle of Drumnacoub near the Kyle of Tongue, where the old chief Angus Du Mackay and his rival cousins Neil and Morgan Neilson Mackay were all killed

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.