Clan Chattan
Basic Info.
Chattan Clan Crest
Chattan
Gaelic Name: Clann Gillacatan
Motto: Touch not the cat but a glove
Badge: Red whortleberry
Origin of Name: Clan of the cats
Region: Highlands
Clan Chief: Malcolm K MacKintosh of Clan Chattan
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Clan History
Chattan Lands
Chattan History
The ‘Clan of the Cats,’ was not always a single family but a confederation or community of families, some of whom had been related and some who were not.
The wildcat in heraldry can often help as a means of distinguishing the families associated.
Clan Chattan is a confederation of Clans including the principal Clans of:
MacKintosh
MacGillivray
MacBean
Shaw
MacThomas
Macleans of Dochgarroch
Macpherson
Farquharson
Davidson
MacPhail
MacQueens of Strathdearn
MacIntyres in Badenoch
Clan Lands
Chattan Lands
Chattan Map – from Gill Humphrys’ Clan Map of Scotland
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