Cairn (Marton Mills)
In pattern KWKWK.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=461
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2003 — Cairn (Marton Mills) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2003 — Cairn (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 461
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6010
Thread count
K/16 LN8 K64 LN64 K/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Erskine BW MINI Design Tartan Tartan Number: 12466. Earliest known date: Generated for display purposes. Reduced copy of the original 1246 Erskine BW. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.68
- MacLeod, Black & White — ΔT 0.75
- Valley Forge (Artefact) — ΔT 0.85
- Erskine (Black and White) — ΔT 0.91
- MacPhee (Black and White) — ΔT 0.94
- Scott (Abbreviated) — ΔT 1.17
- Shembe Zulu Church — ΔT 1.22
- Juchter (Personal) — ΔT 1.41
- MacLeod Black & White — ΔT 1.44
- Takla Makan #2 (Artefact) — ΔT 1.47
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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