Bands: WBBY · Stripes: W T DB LY W T DB LY

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 4 band tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2533

Attestations

This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.

• 01/01/1982 — McKerrell of Hillhouse (register-of-tartans, record)
• 1870s — McKerrell of Hillhouse Htg (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

• Scottish Register of Tartans: 2533
• Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1758
• Scottish Tartans World Register: 1758

Variants

Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.

• MacKerral Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1757. Earliest known date: 1975 A sample was presented to the Scottish Tartans Society by John Drummond Bowman. This version of the tartan has the unusual feature of exchanging red for yellow in the weft. It is larger than the sett recorded in the Lyon Court Books in 1982. The name, MacKerral or MacKerrell, is recorded in Ayrshire in the 12th century. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015

Thread count

LN/8 B56 DBa98 Y/6

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

Sample pattern

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

1. MacKerral Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1757. Earliest known date: 1975 A sample was presented to the Scottish Tartans Society by John Drummond Bowman. This version of the tartan has the unusual feature of exchanging red for yellow in the weft. It is larger than the sett recorded in the Lyon Court Books in 1982. The name, MacKerral or MacKerrell, is recorded in Ayrshire in the 12th century. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.76
2. Gilt Edge (Corporate) — ΔT 1.07
3. McNiff, Kevin (Personal) — ΔT 1.10
4. Gallaecia (Unofficial) (District) — ΔT 1.15
5. Hsu (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
6. Micron — ΔT 1.30
7. MacNeil - 1994 (Personal) — ΔT 1.32
8. Hannah (Personal) — ΔT 1.39
9. Jon's Theme — ΔT 1.42
10. Wolverine Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 10748. Earliest known date: 03/12/2012 Created by the designer to celebrate an exclusive group of work colleagues known affectionately as the 'Wolverines'. Many within this close group share a proud Scottish heritage and wished to acknowledge this strong affiliation by commissioning a tartan. Yes. The Wolverine tartan has been created for the exclusive use of the 'Wolverines'. No commercial use of this tartan is permitted without expressed permission from the designer, and any party wishing to use or reproduce this tartan should first seek permission by email from the designer. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.45

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.

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