This is the Glen Affric tartan,the world’s oldest tartan. Discovered approximately forty years ago in a peat bog, the Glen A�ffric Tartan underwent testing organised by The Scottish Tartans Authority to confirm it was indeed the oldest surviving piece of tartan, dating from 1500-1600. Although earlier cloths have been discovered in Scotland, this is the first to show a distinctive tartan pattern with multiple crossing lines of di�erent dyed yarns. It features the colours that dye analysis of the

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