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According to legend, in 1525, after the disastrous battle of Pavia, King Francis I of France surrendered to Emperor Charles V.

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The few survivors of the King of France's 1st Regiment of Scots Guards marched back home after the battle.

Once they reached the Cannobina Valley they were forced to stop until spring because of snow.

The rough and inaccessible but at the same time fertile environment of those lands reminded them of the Scottish Highlands, so they decided to stop there. 

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Proof of the permanence of these Scottish soldiers are: the church registers of the village where it is possible to read the names of their descendants; the local dialect, which includes about 800 words of Gaelic origin (as attested by a study conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich); and surnames such as Patritti, clearly derived from Patrick; Scottish architecture recognized in the village houses that are not found in any other village in the valley.

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In 1973, Lieutenant Colonel Gayre of Gayre and Nigg Baron of Lochoreshyre after several historical researches, having ascertained the Clan membership of the people of Gurro, decided to use the function of the issuance of the Notice of Adoption to make sure that the inhabitants of the small village of Gurro could enjoy the rights reserved for Scottish Clan members and specifically those reserved for the Gayre Clan.

To mark the recognition, the official kilt of the Gayre Clan (the main color of which is green) and the original sporran (the leather and fur purse used as a holder and to prevent the kilt from being lifted) were donated to Gurro. 

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