Birral
Its design is pattern BWRRBRRWGWBWWWBWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Recorded in Wilson's of Bannockburn accounts books, an early reliable source dating to 1819.
The Birral tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birral | R/130 W4 DP16 LB8 W4 LB8 DP16 W4 G64 W4 R16 Ri8 DP4 Ri8 R16 W4 DP/32 | 530 | 1797 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Birral Burrell
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.