re: #111 Flame Fin Tomini Tang

OK, but it still indicated an area did it not, and people did not move a great deal in those days,

No, people moved around a lot in those days. A ton.

so one would still likely be associated with one clan or other would it not?

No.

Perhaps it was simply that only later did people start putting the clan names to the tartans, in a more “official” capacity.

Nope, that wasn’t it. It’s an interesting history. And another problem with your story is that in the same district, many clans might live, wearing the same tartan.

And most of the old tartan patterns got lost, anyway.