that have been owned by the Clan Crawford include amongst many others: Auchinames Castle, Renfrewshire. Craufurdland Castle, Ayrshire. Almond Castle, Linlithgow. Loudoun Castle, Ayrshire. (later passed to the Clan Campbell). Kilbirnie Place, Ayshire. The line died out in the 18th century, having passed earlier to the Craufurds of Jordanhill. Clan symbolism The modern crest badge of a member of Clan Crawford contains the crest: a stag's head erased Gules, between the attires a cross crosslet fitchée Sable. Encircling the crest on the crest badge is a strap and buckle engraved with the motto: TUTUM TE ROBORE REDDAM which translates from Latin as "I will give you safety through strength". The Crawford tartan is of relatively modern origin, and it is certain that there was no Crawford tartan in around 1739. The first record of a Crawford tartan is that of the "Crawfovrd" which appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842. This is the Crawford tartan used today. The Vestiarium was the work of the Sobieski Stuarts whose influential book purported to be a reproduction of an ancient manuscript about clan tartans. Today many clan tartans are derived from the Vestiarium. An unusual death John Craufurd of Craufurdland died in 1612, aged only 21, from an injury received at football. His widow married Sir David Barclay of Ladyland in the Parish of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. See also Hugh Crawford (sheriff) Crawford Castle Giffordland, Ayrshire A cadet branch of the Craufurds of Craufurdland References External links Clan Crawford Association Crawford Surname DNA Project Armigerous clans Scottish clans Scoto-Norman clans Scottish Lowlands