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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10074006, member: 2844&quot;]It is true that tartans and Scottish culture were given a huge boost ca 1800, largely thanks to the Prince Regent who thought the restrictions on all things Scottish unjust. </p><p>This was years before Victoria, thankfully, because the Dress Act of 1746, prohibiting most Highland dress, including most tartans, was a huge blow to Scottish culture.</p><p><br /></p><p>But tartans are ancient, and were also worn here in the Netherlands during the Iron Age (maybe even earlier).</p><p>The oldest known Scottish tartan is the 3rd century Falkirk Tartan, currently in the National Museum of Scotland.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More on the Falkirk tartan:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://falkirklocalhistory.club/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/object-4-falkirk-tartan.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://falkirklocalhistory.club/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/object-4-falkirk-tartan.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://falkirklocalhistory.club/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/object-4-falkirk-tartan.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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