Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans

19 April 2024

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Tartan Details - Inverness

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "Inverness" tartan is shown below.


STA ref:	1438
STWR ref:	1438
Designer:	Not Specified
Tartan date:	01/01/1829
Registration date:	This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Category:	District
Restrictions:
Registration notes:	Sample attached to a letter in the Red Book of Corstorphine at the Queen Street Museum in Edinburgh is dated 19th November 1829 and marked 'this is the pattern made for the Earl of Inverness'. Made for Augustus, Earl of Inverness, sometime prior to 1822. Logan used this sett to illustrate his method of recording tartans in his book, 'The Scottish Gael', published in 1831. The territorial designation of this Royal tartan makes it appropriate for use as a district tartan in the town and county of Inverness. The white stripe is sometimes rendered in yellow.

Woven Sample:	A woven sample of this tartan has been received by the Scottish Register of Tartans for permanent preservation in the National Records of Scotland.

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