Hackston or Halkerston
Its design is pattern GRYRYKYRYKYRYR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Family tartan derived from a c.1746 portrait; red pivot halved for display.
The Hackston or Halkerston tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackston or Halkerston | R/22 LY6 R22 LY6 K22 LR4 R102 LR4 K22 LY6 R22 LY6 R22 G/6 | 516 | 1746 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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516

298

216

232

232

216

176

284

276

384

272

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.