The Glen Affric tartan will be exhibited for the first time at V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition from 1 AprilAlan Richardson
Posted on 04/10/2023 8:22:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland...
It was found in a Glen Affric peat bog, in the Highlands, in the early 1980s...
Using high resolution digital microscopy, four initial colours of green, brown and possibly red and yellow were identified.
The dye analysis confirmed the use of indigo or woad in the green but was inconclusive for the other colours, probably due to the dyestuff having degraded.
No artificial or semi-synthetic dyestuffs were involved in the making of the tartan, leading researchers to believe it predates the 1750s...
Mr MacDonald said: "Although we can theorise about the Glen Affric tartan, it's important that we don't construct history around it.
"Although Clan Chisholm controlled that area, we cannot attribute the tartan to them as we don't know who owned it."
He also said that the potential presence of red, a colour that Gaels consider a status symbol, is interesting because the cloth had a rustic background.
"This piece is not something you would associate with a king or someone of high status, it is more likely to be an outdoor working garment," he added.
John McLeish, chair of the STA, said the tartan's "historical significance" likely dates to the reigns of King James V, Mary Queen of Scots or King James VI/I - between 1513 and 1625.
Due to where it was found, the piece of fabric has been named the Glen Affric tartan and measures about 55cm by 43cm (approximately 22 by 17 inches).
It will go on public display at the V&A Dundee design museum from 1 April until 14 January next year.
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The Glen Affric tartan will be exhibited for the first time at V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition from 1 AprilAlan Richardson
Why was it in a peat bog?....................
They look like three guys who would willingly wear skirts.
I mean...kilts.
“The Scottish Tartans Authority (STA)”
I’m guessing it’s one dude working out of his basement
All the other bogs were being used.
From Wikipedia:
Bog bodies have been variously found with cut throats, severed limbs, broken bones, ropes around the neck, entrails pulled through the skin (mega-ouch!!! as per me, not the author), and other marks that suggest the possibility that they were ritually killed or murdered. However, they are also typically found during the process of cutting peat, a form of compressed vegetation that can be used for fuel and other purposes. This situation has complicated archaeologists’ efforts to understand the processes through which a given body came to be in a particular bog, as bodies that are only partially intact may indicate recent damage rather than actions that took place at the time of death.
I would not say that to a Lady from Heck, if I were you.
....well, they certainly would not mis-use the word “plaid”...the plaid is a form of overgarment; “tartan” is absolutely the correcct term...
They’re idiots.
There are SEVERAL tartans in existence known to be older still, the oldest being the Falkirk tartan from about 250 AD.
https://www.oldest.org/culture/tartans/
Tartans fragments in Central Asia antedate the Scots in the British Isles. The Falkirk Tartan antedates the Scots in Scotland.
Well, obviously, it’s a safe place for long-term storage!
Storage fee must be humongous!.........
Back in 94 I dragged hubby to the best Highland Games we had locally and he kept making snarks about the “skirts” the men were wearing.
Eventually he had to drain it so we went to their bathroom facilities and a massive badass clansman was walking there at the same time and before he could wisecrack the guy, I told hubby that when he got his ass handed to him by a man in a skirt, I was just gonna sit down, watch it roll and laugh.
/all I want is Rory McCann. ;D
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