Local History: Weaving, Kilt Making and the Bannockburn Tartan Mills

Join us at Bridge of Allan Library to learn about the history of tartan and the craft of kilt making. Fiona Watt will be bringing along some examples of her work for us to see and we’ll be talking about tartan from its origins to its banning by the British Government in the Dress Act of 1746, through the Victorian era, to its use today. Fiona will be joined by our esteemed Stirling Council archaeologist Dr Murray Cook, who will be along to tell us a bit about a recent project setting out to rediscover the archaeology and history of the textile mill at Bannockburn, Stirling. In its heyday during the late 18th and 19th centuries, it was one of the largest producers of tartan, furnishing many of the Highland Regiments with their uniforms.