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    Hummmm. It looks like the rabble has become tired of trying, not only this month but the past couple. I though that there was an interest in seeing some of the older pieces and at the same time learning something of the techniques that went into their making. Shall I continue after thing one?

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    I'd like you to continue. I know zip about anything so I don't respond but I enjoy the reading.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Monk View Post
    I'd like you to continue. I know zip about anything so I don't respond but I enjoy the reading.
    I know nothing either but enjoy the threads.

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    Hm, not sure what more I can figure out about the tartan from the photograph that I haven't already. I suppose I'll make a haphazard guess as to the location where it was found: Mar.

    By the way, I've read about a hypothesis that all or most of the tartans predating the Proscription can be divided (roughly by geography) into three or four types. Jamie Scarlett recognized three types: the Ross type worn north of the Great Glen, the Mackintosh type worn in the Grampians, and the Macdonald type worn in the west. I have a book that gives four types: Huntly, Glenorchy, Lochaber, and Lennox. What's your take on the idea, Peter?

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    Looks like the Galloway district tartan.
    Gillmore of Clan Morrison

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick the DSM View Post
    Looks like the Galloway district tartan.
    It does have some similarities but that's a c1950s tartan. You at least 150 years out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Morris at Heathfield View Post
    Hm, not sure what more I can figure out about the tartan from the photograph that I haven't already. I suppose I'll make a haphazard guess as to the location where it was found: Mar.
    Very haphazard. Why Mar? Actually, that's about as far off beam as it's possible to get.

    By the way, I've read about a hypothesis that all or most of the tartans predating the Proscription can be divided (roughly by geography) into three or four types. Jamie Scarlett recognized three types: the Ross type worn north of the Great Glen, the Mackintosh type worn in the Grampians, and the Macdonald type worn in the west. I have a book that gives four types: Huntly, Glenorchy, Lochaber, and Lennox. What's your take on the idea, Peter?
    You may want to post this as a separate thread as it's a huge subject and one that has been discussed before I'm sure, probably in the context of district tartans. I'm broadly in agreement with the concept of regional groupings but not necessarily with Jamie Scarlett's classification. Historically I certainly don't recognise the four types you quote. The trouble is that previous writers have based their ideas on groups that include post c1780 setts in which I include: Huntly, Lochaber and Lennox.

    I'm working on a paper that I hope will prove the existance of a generic Applin/Lorn/Lochaber setting based on several pre-'45 specimens.

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    I guessed Mar mostly because I hadn't guessed it before. Perhaps Inverness is a more likely choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Morris at Heathfield View Post
    I guessed Mar mostly because I hadn't guessed it before. Perhaps Inverness is a more likely choice.
    Or perhaps not. It's nearly the end of the month and all will be revealed. what I will say at this stage is that it is the oldest surviving version of this particular clan's tartan.

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