The Scottish Register of Tartans

17 May 2012

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While you can search the Register without having to register and login, you will need to create an account to:

-	Register new tartan designs
-	Request threadcount information
-	Receive notification of all new registered tartan designs and other news updates
-	Manage your account details
-	Request official amendments

Welcome to the Scottish Register of Tartans

The Scottish Register of Tartans was established by an act of the Scottish Parliament in 2008, to protect, promote and preserve tartan. The Register is a database of tartan designs, maintained by the National Records of Scotland.

Anyone, from anywhere in the world, can register a new tartan (individuals, schools and corporate groups as well as professional designers and weavers) providing that it meets our criteria for registration. Please see the Guidance notes for further details.

You can search the Register, by tartan name or colours, to find information about thousands of existing tartans, and you can also compare a new tartan to all those already included on the Register.

We welcome feedback and ideas to enhance the Register. Please email comments to enquiries@tartanregister.gov.uk.

Scottish clan tartans. Tartan image used under license from www.istockphoto.com

Search the Register Search the contents of the Register, containing thousands of tartan designs		Register a tartan Register your tartan designs in the official Scottish Register of Tartans

National Records of Scotland, H.M. General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY
tel +44 (0) 131 535 1388 email: enquiries@tartanregister.gov.uk.