Grandfather Mountain Games
Its design is pattern RGKBKBY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 1993 by Marjorie Warren for North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, its colours symbolising the saltire, granite, meadows, and clan ceremonies.
The Grandfather Mountain Games 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandfather Mountain Games ★ | R/6 DG40 K4 N22 K4 DB40 LR/4 | 230 | 1993 | |
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| American Corporate Tartan | 0.15 | R/6 G40 K4 N22 K4 DB40 LR/4 | 230 | 1993 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Grandfather Mountain Games (District
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.
