February - Tartan of the Month

[Hothir Ethelnor]

In the last picture there is what appears to be a loop of reddish thread.

I do believe it looks more like an embroidered letter though. (someone's initials?) I.C.?

Anyhow not having done alot of research into old tartan fragments I cannot identify at the moment.

and the tartan looks awfully yellow to me as well.

[figheadair]

In the last picture there is what appears to be a loop of reddish thread.

I do believe it looks more like an embroidered letter though. (someone's initials?) I.C.?

Anyhow not having done alot of research into old tartan fragments I cannot identify at the moment.

and the tartan looks awfully yellow to me as well.

Yes, you're right about the initials. The yellow is definitely green,

[MacBean]

OK, it looks like an OLD tartan. There are several listed in Matt's article http://www.scottishtartans.org/oldtartans.html

but I was wondering if it was Culloden tartan itself. I'd have thought only that one would elicit a response from Matt like he gave. The colors and sett don't match what we have on the web at all, but wild guesses are allowed I hope.

[figheadair]

OK, it looks like an OLD tartan. There are several listed in Matt's article http://www.scottishtartans.org/oldtartans.html

but I was wondering if it was Culloden tartan itself. I'd have thought only that one would elicit a response from Matt like he gave. The colors and sett don't match what we have on the web at all, but wild guesses are allowed I hope.

If you read my article on the Culloden tartan you'll see a picture of the original there. This is a quite different sett.

[Tobus]

Looks yellow to me too. I'm guessing the camera didn't pick up the colors very accurately, since all our monitors seem to be showing it the same.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Another example is the Moncrieff chief who adopted an old MacLachlan sett (with the permission of the MacLachlan chief if I recall correctly).