Burns Check
A tartan of Clan Burns.
Its design is pattern GGGWKWKWKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Burns Check tartan groups 2 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Check ★ | W/2 K2 W2 K2 W2 K2 W1 DY1 G1 DY/1 | 29 | 1959 | |
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| · ×2 — Trade Tartan | 0.00 | W/4 K4 W4 K4 W4 K4 W2 DY2 G2 DY/2 | 58 | 1959 |
| · ×8 — Burns Check | 0.03 | W/16 K16 W16 K16 W16 K16 W8 DY8 G8 DY/8 | 232 | 1959 |
| 2 Variants: Trade Tartan · Burns Check | ||||
| (District) | 0.39 | W/18 K18 W18 K18 W18 K18 W12 DY9 G6 DY/6 | 258 | 1959 |
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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.
