https://www.tartandictionary.org/tags/check/Recent content in Check on Tartan DictionaryHugoenTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tartandictionary.org/posts/la-tene-tartan/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tartandictionary.org/posts/la-tene-tartan/<p>Centuries before the <a href="https://www.tartandictionary.org/posts/falkirk-tartan/">Falkirk sett</a> — and in full colour where Falkirk makes do with undyed fleece — Iron Age Celts were already weaving the combination at the heart of countless later tartans: a <strong>dark blue ground crossed by a fine red check</strong>. The cloth that proves it came out of a salt mine in the Austrian Alps.</p> <p><img src="textile2375.jpg" alt="Textile 2375" title="Textile 2375 from the Dürrnberg salt mine: dark blue wool crossed by a red chequered pattern (image: Ronja Lau / Keltenmuseum Hallein)"></p>