The Mark of Colm
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A boar’s head with a shinbone in his mouth. According to family legend, Chief Colm MacKinnon was leading a hunting party outside Loch Scavaig. After becoming separated from the group, Colm sought shelter in a cave. While preparing his kill for supper, he was attacked by a wild boar. To save himself, he drove his shank of venison into the boar’s mouth, killing it, and thus preserving his life.
Clan Motto
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Audentes Fortuna Juvat - Fortune Assists the Daring
Tartan
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Field of rich red commanding attention, deep green symbolizing the hunt, and white symbolizing battle.
War Cry
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Cuimhnich bàs Alpein (Remember the death of Alpin)
Progenitor
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Finandus, one of the seven direct descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin who conquered the Picts in 843 and became the first King of Scotland.
Plant Badge
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Scots pine is an evergreen conifer native to northern Europe. Mature trees grow to 35m and can live for up to 700 years. The bark is a scaly orange-brown, which develops plates and fissures with age. Twigs are green-brown and hairless.
Clan Seat
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Granted to the MacKinnon clan after their loyalty to Robert the Bruce during the Scottish War of Independence, Dun Ringill is a converted ring fort, and has been on Skye since the Iron Age.