This tartan is a reconstruction of a remnant tied to the tragic tale of a lonely grave on Ben Rinnes, a mountain in Moray, northeast Scotland, within the Grampian Mountain range. Halfway up the mountain lies a hollow, once recognized as the boundary between two estates, where the mossy soil provided peat for the local inhabitants. This area, now called the Moss of Babbie (or Barbie), holds the sorrowful story of Barbara McIntosh, a beautiful young woman who lived in the 1750s at Rhinachat Farm, near the mountain and a few miles from Aberlour. Barbara married a local man, but shortly after the birth of their second child, he abandoned her, leaving her to struggle in poverty and despair. Overcome by her circumstances, Barbara tragically took her own life. In those times, suicides were buried in unclaimed ground, and the summit of Ben Rinnes was chosen as her resting place, at a location known as the Three Lairds Boundaries. However, a fierce storm struck as the burial party climbed the mountain, forcing them to bury her at a lower elevation. A cairn was said to have been placed over her shallow grave, where she lay undisturbed until the mid-19th century. In 1855, curious locals unearthed her coffin and discovered her body, still wrapped in a remarkably well-preserved plaid. Though reburied, her grave was again disturbed twenty years later. Finally, the Banffshire Police and local authorities arranged for Barbara to receive a Christian burial in the old graveyard at Aberlour. The plaid she had been wrapped in, once believed to be white and blue, had taken on yellow and green hues due to its long exposure to the peat and elements. RIP. 🤍 💙 💛 💚 🪦