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  2. Tartan found in the Scottish Highlands might be the world's ...

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    The fabric was found almost 40 years ago in a peat bog — a type of wetland — in the Glen Affric valley, some 15 miles west of Loch Ness. ... “To be able to exhibit the Glen Affric tartan is ...

  3. Glen Affric - Wikipedia

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    The Glen Affric tartan (c. 1500–1600 AD), discovered in a peat bog in the 1980s. In April 2023, a fragment of cloth known as the "Glen Affric tartan" went on display at the V&A Dundee museum, on loan from the Scottish Tartans Authority. The tartan, which measures 55 cm × 42 cm (22 in × 17 in), contains faded colours including green, brown ...

  4. Oldest tartan in Scotland to go on public display for first time

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    The Glen Affric tartan, which is thought to date to between 1500 and 1600, will go on display at V&A Dundee next month. The Glen Affric tartan, which is thought to date to between 1500 and 1600 ...

  5. Category:Textile artefacts - Wikipedia

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    Glen Affric tartan; S. Saltfleetby spindle-whorl; Sindon (cloth) This page was last edited on 18 July 2023, at 08:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  6. Tartan - Wikipedia

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    The oldest surviving sample of complex, dyed-wool tartan (not just a simple check pattern) in Scotland has been shown through radiocarbon dating to be from the 16th century; known as the "Glen Affric tartan", it was discovered in the early 1980s in a peat bog near Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands; its faded colours include green, brown ...

  7. Trees for Life (Scotland) - Wikipedia

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    Trees for Life works to restore the Caledonian Forest, especially in Glen Affric where one of the most important fragments of Caledonian Forest survived. [2] In August 2008 Trees for Life purchased the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate in Glenmoriston, in the Scottish Highlands – one of the largest areas in the UK to be bought for forest ...

  8. Clan Chisholm - Wikipedia

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    According to Alexander Mackenzie, the Clan Chisholm is of Norman and Saxon origin. [3] Tradition stating that the Chisholms were a Norman family who arrived in England after the conquest of 1066., [3] the original surname being De Chese to which the Saxon term "Holme" was added. [3]

  9. Clan Mackenzie - Wikipedia

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    The tartan is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, which was raised in 1778 by the Earl of Seaforth. The tartan is recorded in the Collection of the Highland Society of London in 1816. [71] [72] The tartan is worn by members of the Royal Military College of Canada Pipes and Drums band. Mackenzie dress. [2] Mackenzie hunting. [2]