Clan MacBean

Clan MacBean
Clan MacBean
MacBheathain
	Crest: Wildcat holding a shield known as a Targe
Motto	Touch Not A Catt Bot A Targe
War cry	Kinchyle
Profile
Region	Highland
District	Inverness
Plant badge	Boxwood or red whortleberry
Animal	Scottish Wildcat
Chief
	Richard McBain of McBain
	23rd Chief of the Clan MacBean
Historic seat	Kinchyle in the parish of Dores, Inverness-shire. Faillie, in Strathnairn, and Tomatin, in Strathdearn.
Septs of Clan MacBean
	McBain, Bean, MacBean, McBean, McBeath, MacBeth, Macilvain, MacVean, Bain, (spellings listed in the Clan Chattan Association's literature, but clearly other variant spellings exist)
Clan branches
	Principal branches of the family were MacBean of Kinchyle, MacBean of Faillie, MacBean of Tomatin, MacBean of Drummond, the 'Forbes' Macbeans a cadet of the chiefly line of Kinchyle who were descended from Rev. Alexander MacBean of Inverness
Allied clans
	Clan Chattan; Clan Mackintosh; Clan MacPhail; Clan Davidson; Clan Macpherson; Clan Shaw of Tordarroch; Clan Farquharson; Clan MacThomas; Clan MacGillivray; Clan MacQueen; MacIntyres of Badenoch; the Macleans of Dochgarroch
Rival clans
	Clan Cameron; Clan Gordon; Clan Comyn

Clan MacBean^[3] (or Clan MacBain),^[4] is a highland Scottish clan and is a member and historic sept of Clan Chattan.^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Clan MacBain Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ Coventry, Martin. (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. pp. 355. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.
^ Clan MacBean and Clan Chattan's own usage of the spelling of the name.
^ ^a ^b Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 206-207.
^ Preface, 'Minor Septs of Clan Chattan' by Charles Fraser-Mackintosh