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 ...

The Glen Affric tartan will be exhibited for the first time at V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition from 1 April A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ...

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 ...

A piece of fabric discovered in a bog in the Scottish Highlands might be the oldest traditional tartan ever found, new research suggests. The piece of material could be up to 500 years old, according ...

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Here's a headline we did not expect to read this week - "First Official Jewish Tartan Unveiled." The headline's from the newspaper The Scotsman. Tartan, of course, is the distinctive plaid fabric ...