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The Glen Affric tartan is now one of 300 objects included in V&A Dundee’s ongoing exhibition, “ Tartan,” which explores the textile’s footprint across art, design, architecture ...
Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands. Courtesy Oetker Collection. Balmoral might be out of the question, but there’s another historic castle in the Highlands where you can live out your royal ...
Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the Highlands during forestry work and donated to the Scottish Tartans Authority in the ...
A piece of fabric found in a peat bog in the Scottish Highlands is thought to be the oldest traditional tartan ever found. Researchers say the delicate material could be up to 500 years old.
The tartan was discovered around 40 years ago in Glen Affric in the Highlands and underwent rigorous testing by the Scottish Tartans Authority last year to confirm it was the oldest surviving ...
The Glen Affric tartan, which is thought to date to between 1500 and 1600, will go on display at V&A Dundee next month. Sign in. News ... Scottish Highlands. Tartan. Most Read. 1. Boxing.
The cloth was found in the early 1980s in Scotland’s Glen Affric valley, about 15 miles west of Loch Ness. [Related: Codebreakers have finally deciphered the lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots .] ...
The dogs came with their owners from over 12 countries across the world to the ruins of Guisachan House, in Glen Affric, Scotland. The first puppies were born and bred 155 years ago by the ...
An ambitious 30-year landscape-scale rewilding initiative to link up a majestic sweep of the Scottish Highlands as one vast nature recovery area con ...
The first golden puppies were born 155 years ago at Guisachan House in Glen Affric, Scotland, when Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, Lord Tweedmouth, wanted a gun dog that would be able to handle the ...