It’s official - the oldest ever tartan found in Scotland is more than 400 years old. New tests on a scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog in the early 1980s have concluded that the iconic ...

A scrap of weathered fabric, discovered four decades ago in a peat bog, is the world’s oldest piece of tartan, with new analysis determining it dates to the 16th century. The textile was found in the ...

Discovered in a bog in Glen Affric, the tartan is now on view at V&A Dundee. Alan Richardson Pix-AR New research suggests a piece of fabric found in the Scottish Highlands in the early 1980s is the ...

Celts have weaved tartan cloth for thousands of years. In the Highlands, tartan was spun, dyed and woven locally and the cloth was used to make kilts and for everyday wear. The first tartan poster boy ...

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Tartan is updating its image in the 21st Century, with new patterns exploring issues around climate change, homelessness – and World War Two dive bombers, writes Norman Miller. More resonances cling ...

Not many fabrics have the power to communicate a feeling of belonging no matter where the wearer is located. But one that holds true to this claim is “immediately recognisable as a symbol of Scotland, ...