Buccleuch Check (9 squares)
Bands: BWKWKWKWKWK · Stripes: B W K W K W K W K W K B W K W K W K W K W K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=412
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1908 — Buccleuch Check (9 squares) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1908 — Scott of Buccleuch (Military) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 412
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 647
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 647
Thread count
B/10 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Haig Check — ΔT 1.19
- Buccleuch, Check — ΔT 1.20
- Haig Check (Estate Check) — ΔT 1.36
- Glen Feshie Check — ΔT 1.55
- Kerr Shepherd's Plaid (Clan) — ΔT 1.68
- Halliday — ΔT 1.69
- Strathspey (Estate Check) — ΔT 1.74
- Dupplin Check — ΔT 1.88
- Scott, Sir Walter #3 — ΔT 1.98
- Border Bell — ΔT 2.00
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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