Eglinton
A tartan of the Eglinton family.
Its design is pattern KGKBKRK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Montgomerie tartan with a narrower ground; relics at Eglinton Castle evidenced its early use, possibly adopted by Ayrshire Montgomeries in 1707.
The Eglinton tartan groups 3 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eglinton ★ | K/8 R8 K8 DB56 K8 G8 K/8 | 192 | 1707 | |
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| Eglinton | 0.47 | K/3 R3 K3 LB16 K3 G3 K/3 | 62 | ~1847 |
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| · ×1 — Eglinton | 0.47 | K/3 R3 K3 LB16 K3 G3 K/3 | 62 | — |
| · ×2 — Eglinton | 0.47 | K/6 R6 K6 LB32 K6 G6 K/6 | 124 | ~1847 |
| 2 Variants: Eglinton · Eglinton | ||||
| Eglinton | 1.40 | K/3 R3 K3 W16 K3 G3 K/3 | 62 | — |
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Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.