Clan Butter (Butter Tartan)

1. About Clan Butter (Butter Tartan)

2. Clan Butter History (Butter Tartan)

This surname, which is popular in Fife and Perthshire and can also be found as Buttar and Butters, may be related to the old name Buttercask, the name of a settlement in the parish of Ardoch.

The Butters of Gormock were an even older family in the same county. Butter was the name of an old family in Perthshire, specifically Pitlochry, where they owned the lands of Fascally.

Adam Butir's escheat is documented in 1331, and in Gowrie's "super ylef" in 1360, William Butyr and Patrick Butir are noted as contribution collectors.

A piece of oxhide was given to fisherman James Buttir in 1511 so he could make his currach.

Several people with this name are recorded in the Acts of Parliament and Laing (Charters), and Butterlaw Loche, Butterlaw Syke, and Butterlaw Cairne are also referenced in the same charter that was issued by the Swinton lordship in 1656.

The name appears frequently in the records of the Dunkeld Presbytery and Diocese (Dunkeld Cathedral is shown in the top image).

Butter path in Kincardineshire, which was once a drovers' route across the Ochils, gets its name from the old Gaelic word "bothar," which means "a road for cattle."

3. Clan Butter Tartans

Since there isn't a certified Butter tartan, those who go by that name can don the Perthshire District tartan, which honors the area where the name was formerly found.

Perthshire District

4. Clan Butter Crest & Coats of Arms

4.1 Clan Butter Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

4.2 Clan Butter Coat of Arms

Note on Coats of Arms: A coat of arms is given to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). A 'family coat of arms' does not exist.

With the exclusions listed above, the weapons depicted below are personal weapons. The only person authorized to use these weapons is the grantee.

5. Clan Butter Places & People

5.1 Clan Butter Places

The former home of Clan Butter is located in Perthshire's Faskally, close to Pitlochry.

6. Associated Names

Butter is a sept of Clan Murray