Mein_Bergkamp t1_jdyhvha wrote
Reply to comment by atlantis_airlines in Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak
The effective ethnic cleansing of the Highlands after the Jacobite rebellion included banning tartan and destroying the pattern sticks.
When tartan became cool again and lowlanders reimagined a romantic scottish national identity without the highland divide they basically had to remake the whole thing from scratch.
It's why kilts today are military designs rather than anyone swanning around in the great plaid and why all tartans are modern recreations
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