Clan Dunbar
Basic Info.
Dunbar Clan Crest
Dunbar
Crest: A horse’s head Argent, bridled and reined Gules
Motto: In Promptu (In readiness)
Origin of Tartan: A Border tartan from the “Vestiarium Scoticum”
Region: Lowlands
Historic Seat: Dunbar Castle, East Lothian
Clan Chief: Sir James Dunbar of Mochrum Bt.
Tartan
Clan History
Dunbar Castle ruins
Dunbar History
Born around 975, Crinan of Dunkeld was the Thane and Seneschal of the Isles. He was the father of King Duncan I, and grandfather of Gospatric.
Gospatric was given the Earldom of Northumberland in 1067 by the recently arrived William the Conqueror.
Clan Lands
Dunbar Lands
Dunbar Map – from Gill Humphrys’ Clan Map of Scotland
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