MacMillan
A tartan of the MacMillan family.
Its design is pattern GKGKGKRGGKGK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Documented by Logan (1847), the ancient MacMillan form differs radically from the modern, and resembles Buchanan.
The MacMillan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacMillan ★ | G/2 K1 G18 K1 G2 K1 R12 G4 Y6 K1 Y6 K/1 | 107 | 1847 | |
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| · ×1 — Ancient | 0.00 | G/2 K1 G18 K1 G2 K1 R12 G4 Y6 K1 Y6 K/1 | 107 | — |
| · ×2 — Ancient | 0.00 | G/4 K2 G36 K2 G4 K2 R24 G8 Y12 K2 Y12 K/2 | 214 | 1847 |
| 2 Variants: Ancient · Ancient | ||||
| 1847 (Clan) | 0.39 | G/14 K6 G106 K6 G16 K6 DR48 G16 LY36 K6 LY36 K/6 | 584 | 1847 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacMillan Ancient
- MacMillan Old
- MacMillan, Ancient
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.