Old Culloden Tartan

**CMcG** · 16th August 11, 06:53 AM

Looks fantastic Joe, congrats!

**Mike_Oettle** · 16th August 11, 10:46 AM

A handsome tartan and a wonderful kilt! Congratulations all round, gentlemen!
Regards,
Mike

**creagdhubh** · 16th August 11, 11:06 AM

What a beautiful tartan! Is the tartan simply referred to the "Culloden" tartan because the sett was worn in a coat at the Battle of Culloden Moor? I am interested in the provenance.

Well done as usual Matt!

Slainte,

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 16th August 11, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by creagdhubh

What a beautiful tartan! Is the tartan simply referred to the "Culloden" tartan because the sett was worn in a coat at the Battle of Culloden Moor? I am interested in the provenance.

Well done as usual Matt!

Slainte,

Briefly, the tartan first made its appearance in Old & Rare Scottish Tartans by D. W. Stewart, in 1893. There, he called it "From a Coat Worn at Culloden." (You can see that plate from the book in one of my above photos).

At some point after that (not sure when exactly) weavers began to reproduce it and simply call it "Culloden."

You can get more information about the book here.

You can read more about the history of the tartan, and why the book had such different colors than the original here.

**ctbuchanan** · 16th August 11, 01:23 PM

A very handsome tartan, and a beautiful job with the kilt. It is nice to see a bit of history come back to life.

**creagdhubh** · 16th August 11, 01:37 PM

Thanks Matt! The more I look at the Culloden tartan, the more I "fall in love" with it! I love the history. What a handsome sett and beautiful (historically correct-green and blue) colour scheme! Is there any material left? What's this...Kyle is interested in a non-Macpherson or Chattan tartan?!!! Yowza, yowza, yowza! LOL!!!

Cheers,

**CMcG** · 16th August 11, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by creagdhubh

What's this...Kyle is interested in a non-Macpherson or Chattan tartan?!!! Yowza, yowza, yowza! LOL!!!

Oh my goodness!! See what hanging around a bunch of people referred to as "the rabble" can do to you?

**Joe Gondek** · 16th August 11, 05:15 PM

Thanks Matt! The more I look at the Culloden tartan, the more I "fall in love" with it! I love the history. What a handsome sett and beautiful (historically correct-green and blue) colour scheme! Is there any material left? What's this...Kyle is interested in a non-Macpherson or Chattan tartan?!!! Yowza, yowza, yowza! LOL!!!

If Peter has any of the tartan left, It would be best to jump on it now.
There has been only one run of it since it was first discussed on this board in Nov.2008
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-tartan-42843/

and then brought back up in Dec.2010

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-thread-63376/
which helped get this run made.You don't know when it will come around again.

The fact that there are only a limited number of kilts in this Tartan out there and the History invovled makes it very special.

**figheadair** · 16th August 11, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by creagdhubh

Thanks Matt! The more I look at the Culloden tartan, the more I "fall in love" with it! I love the history. What a handsome sett and beautiful (historically correct-green and blue) colour scheme! Is there any material left? What's this...Kyle is interested in a non-Macpherson or Chattan tartan?!!! Yowza, yowza, yowza! LOL!!!

Still got some of the run. PM me.

**JSFMACLJR** · 17th August 11, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by creagdhubh

Thanks Matt! The more I look at the Culloden tartan, the more I "fall in love" with it! I love the history. What a handsome sett and beautiful (historically correct-green and blue) colour scheme! Is there any material left? What's this...Kyle is interested in a non-Macpherson or Chattan tartan?!!! Yowza, yowza, yowza! LOL!!!

Cheers,

Steady on, Kyle!