DC Dalgliesh

[figheadair]

Stranger things have happened! Who knows, it might turn up someday.

DC Dalgliesh did state that it was "on loan" through from whom isn't stated. Was the peat cutter who found it the owner? In England such dug finds are property of the Crown, no?

The conditions of the loan are stated, viz being insured for 2,000 pounds and locked in a safe each night, but the duration of the loan is not.

So the questions are
1) did the cloth fragment ever exist?
2) if it did, who was considered the owner?
3) if DC Dalgliesh had the fragment on loan, was it ever returned to the owner?
4) if it exists, where is it now?

The fragment was said to resemble a MacDonald tartan, though which of the several MacDonald tartans isn't stated.

I sought clarification along those lines from them some years ago. I also questioned whether the piece had been verified at the time (late 1940s) by the National Museum - it was not, and whether it was photographed. Unsurprisingly, given that this has all the hallmarks of a marketing hoax, I never received a reply.