Carlisle Ancient
Bands: BYRYR · Stripes: B LO R LO R B LO R LO R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=563
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1988 — Carlisle Ancient (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1988 — Carlisle Ancient (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 563
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 680
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 680
Thread count
B/44 DY8 DR4 DY8 DR/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2474E8 #2474E8 | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Loch Lomond — ΔT 0.68
- Whitley (Personal) — ΔT 1.30
- Gyle — ΔT 1.34
- UEFA (Glasgow) — ΔT 1.35
- Sligo — ΔT 1.40
- Carlisle Family (Name) — ΔT 1.45
- Debbie Munro Memorial (Corporate) — ΔT 1.46
- Dominion (Fashion) — ΔT 1.54
- Loch Lomond #2 — ΔT 1.55
- Lauder Primary School (Corporate) — ΔT 1.58
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.
ID: /setts/s5/b11lo2r1lo2r1~x4/