Dunbar tartan
Clan tartan of Clan Dunbar.
This sett was first published in the early nineteenth-century Vestiarium Scoticum, a source whose accuracy historians still debate. A separate Dunbar district tartan was later woven by Wilsons of Bannockburn around 1850, and some weavers today sell the 1842 pattern under the name 'Dunbar Modern'.
Thread count
R/12 G42 K16 R56 K4 R/8Each letter is a colour and each number a count of threads. The slashes mark the pivots: the pattern runs to the end, then reverses back on itself.
Colours
- R — Red
- G — Green
- K — Black
Shades follow the Register's palette for this entry. Woven cloth varies by mill and by colourway.
Get the kilt
When you order a kilt, ask for the tartan by its full name — for example “Dunbar” — and say which colourway you want. “Modern” is dark and strong, “ancient” is lighter, “weathered” is muted. The sett is the same in each.
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Wear the colours
Our own Dunbar range is on its way: the name, the tartan and the motto on a heavyweight tee, a hoodie and a mug. About the shop.
