Search - The Scottish Register of Tartans

4 February 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

Search the Register

The Scottish Register of Tartans contains thousands of tartan designs, which are free for you to search and reference.

In addition to containing tartan designs registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans since its introduction on 5 February 2009, it also incorporates pre-existing tartan designs that were included in the databases held by the Scottish Tartans Authority and the Scottish Tartans World Register.

Enter your search terms below and click the search button to perform a search of the tartans held within The Scottish Register of Tartans. You may use as many or as few of the fields as you want. For further information on the types of search available, please refer to the relevant section of the Guidance page.

If you prefer, you can use our A-Z page to browse the tartans.

Standard Search

Tartan name:
Category:
Reference:
Designer:


STA Reference:
STWR Reference:


Keywords:

Advanced Search

Registration Date:	Between and
Registration Notes:


Restricted:
Restrictions:
Copyright:

Colour Search

To limit your search to tartans containing certain colours without specifying percentages, list the colours here. It is not necessary to include all the colours in the tartan.

Colours:

Only these colours

In this order

Exclude these colours:

In this order

To limit your search to tartans containing particular percentages of a given colour, specify the percentages here. It is not necessary to include all the colours in the tartan.

Colour Proportions:

Black between	% and %	Yellow between	% and %
White between	% and %	Green between	% and %
Grey between	% and %	Cyan between	% and %
Brown between	% and %	Blue between	% and %
Red between	% and %	Purple between	% and %
Orange between	% and %

Important points to note
Where tartans have been incorporated from existing registers, different criteria will have been applied. Click below for details of the criteria applied by the Scottish Tartans Authority and the Scottish Tartans World Register.

Click here to view the Scottish Tartans Authority registration criteria.
Click here to view the Scottish Tartans World Register registration criteria.

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.