Excavations have so far uncovered foundations of demolished buildingsBBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter
Dr Cook said the site at the Haugh in Bannockburn, Stirling, was home to a smaller mill that was producing at a time of turmoil in tartan-making.Archaeologists are planning further work at the Haugh Dr Cook said rules on wearing tartan were complicated and hit the Highlands, a stronghold of Jacobite support, harder than other parts of Scotland.
He said among orders the Wilsons secured was a contract to supply tartan for kilts for soldiers in Scottish regiments."We are certainly looking at the first industrial scale production of tartan, and the birthplace of tartan design," he said.
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