Aberdeen

Bands: GWRRWRRWBWBRRWRRBWKGKWBRRWRRBWBBWBBWKGWGKWBBWBBWBRRWRRBWKGKWBRRWRRBWBWRRWRRWGKWRRW · Stripes: G W R M W M R W T W DP R M W M R DP W K G K W DP R M W M R DP W DP T W T DP W K G W G K W DP T W T DP W DP R M W M R DP W K G K W DP R M W M R DP W T W R M W M R W G K W R M W G W R M W M R W T W DP R M W M R DP W K G K W DP R M W M R DP W DP T W T DP W K G W G K W DP T W T DP W DP R M W M R DP W K G K W DP R M W M R DP W T W R M W M R W G K W R M W

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 82 band tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=13

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

• Scottish Register of Tartans: 13
• Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1801
• Scottish Tartans World Register: 1801

Thread count

G/8 W2 R12 Ra6 W2 Ra6 R12 W2 B20 W4 P6 R16 Ra6 W4 Ra6 R16 P6 W4 K24 G8 K24 W4 P6 R16 Ra6 W4 Ra6 R16 P6 W4 P12 B8 W4 B8 P12 W4 K32 G8 W4 G8 K32 W4 P12 B8 W4 B8 P12 W4 P6 R16 Ra6 W4 Ra6 R16 P6 W4 K24 G8 K24 W4 P6 R16 Ra6 W4 Ra6 R16 P6 W4 B20 W2 R12 Ra6 W2 Ra6 R12 W2 G8 K32 W4 R46 Ra6 W/4

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

1. Aberdeen District Tartan Tartan Number: 1801. Earliest known date: pre 1794 There is evidence to suggest that the sett was introduced and named by Wilsons of Bannockburn during the period 1746-82 when tartan was proscribed by law. Aberdeen is one of Scotlands oldest district tartans. The first documentary evidence is contained in a purchase order, addressed to Wilson's, from Scott and Anderson, dated 20th June 1794. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.31
2. Aberdeen - 1819 (District) — ΔT 1.37
3. Unnamed C18th - Cant Counts — ΔT 1.39
4. Aberdeen — ΔT 1.40
5. Ritch — ΔT 1.52
6. Waggrall — ΔT 1.54
7. Ritch (Fashion) — ΔT 1.57
8. Hunter (1775) — ΔT 1.65
9. Waggrall (Clan) — ΔT 1.72
10. Ogilvie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2132. Earliest known date: 1831 The most complex of all tartans. The sett given by James Logan has 91 colour changes. The tartan must be woven double width to see the full sett unless woven in silk. Ogilvie became connected with the Drummonds of Strathallan in 1812 by a marriage between the two families. Since then the Drummond sett has also been known as Ogilvie. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.77

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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