Rothesay Hunting
A tartan of the Rothesay family.
Its design is pattern WGRGRGRGRGRGRGWGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Hunting version introduced in 1906 in Johnston's "Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland."
The Rothesay Hunting tartan groups 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothesay Hunting ★ | W/8 G83 R7 G5 R7 G7 R28 G7 R28 G7 R7 G5 R7 G83 W4 G4 W/8 | 594 | ~1906 | |
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| Rothesay, hunting | 0.51 | W/4 G64 R4 G6 R4 G8 R32 G8 R32 G8 R4 G6 R4 G64 W2 G2 W/4 | 504 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Rothesay Hunting, Duke of
- Rothesay, hunting
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.
