Peter MacDonald, head of research and collections and John McLeish, chair of The Scottish Tartans Authority and James Wylie, an assistant curator at V&A Dundee, examine the faded tartan. The world's ...
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 ...
London (CNN) — Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of ...
The small piece of fabric may have been dyed in the days of Mary Queen of Scots before landing in a Scottish bog. Alan Richardson Pix-AR.co.uk There might not be anything more iconic in Scotland than ...
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND—According to a BBC News report, a scrap of fabric recovered from a peat bog some 40 years ago has been radiocarbon dated to between 1500 and 1655, making it the oldest known tartan ...
After an almost 40-year campaign, a stunning but little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status. The Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland covers ...
A piece of fabric believed to date to around the time of the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, and discovered in a bog in the Scottish Highlands might be the oldest traditional tartan ever found, new ...