Johnston’s Clan Map of the Scottish Highlands

Celebrating Scottish heritage in the mid-20th century.

“The shield beside each tartan in most cases bears the personal arms of the chief of the clan. The tartans are arrange alphabetically and anti-clockwise…The color under each tartan corresponds to the colouring of that clan’s territory on the map. Tartans, however, are not shown for all areas coloured on the map. They are confined here to the country north of the Firths of Forth and Clyde, south of which, however, the names of leading families are shown on the map.” – Text, bottom.

Trace your Scottish roots with this colorful map of Scotland, published in 1956 by Johnston and Bacon. Patterns of the iconic Scottish plaid known as tartan are shown in the borders, from which can be made kilts, trews, knee-socks, and other traditional Highland dress.