Cornish kilts

[TheKiltedWonder]

The German page doesn't really concern kilts, but rather bagpipes.
I believe that the pictures on this page are the ones referenced by the rootsweb person. The writer never mentions a kilt. His focus is solely on the bagpipes. He wanted to take pictures of the pews in order to be able to measure the dimensions of the bagpipes for when he made his own.
Here are more pictures of the pews. They were carved between 1510 and 1530 by Robert Daye, but some have been destroyed by souviner hunters, according the website:
http://www.sackpfeifen.de/diy/alternun.htm

It seems that once again, any knee length piece of clothing is being assumed to be a kilt. And the assumption is not made in the article

[macwilkin]

The German page doesn't really concern kilts, but rather bagpipes.
I believe that the pictures on this page are the ones referenced by the rootsweb person. The writer never mentions a kilt. His focus is solely on the bagpipes. He wanted to take pictures of the pews in order to be able to measure the dimensions of the bagpipes for when he made his own.
Here are more pictures of the pews. They were carved between 1510 and 1530 by Robert Daye, but some have been destroyed by souviner hunters, according the website:
http://www.sackpfeifen.de/diy/alternun.htm

It seems that once again, any knee length piece of clothing is being assumed to be a kilt. And the assumption is not made in the article

Ah, but the original claim was:

"There is some evidence that they did from a carving on a church bench from the 16th century."

And, you yourself said the article deals with church pews from 1510-1530. So while the article may not address it, this may be the source of the aforementioned speculation. The original post never mentioned who made the original claim; someone could have seen these carvings and made the assumption that the Cornish wore kilts in the 1500's.

The web page also says:

"Eine sogenannte "Double Pipe" nach einem Kirchenbankrelief in St. Alternun Church im Bodmin Moor / Cornwall / England." (Emphasis mine)

So, I wouldn't assume that just because the article doesn't mention kilts that this is not the source of said legend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_tartans

Not that I'm endorsing Wikipedia or anything. :mrgreen: The article does cite this web site as its source, though, which was my point.

T.