The Scottish Register of Tartans has reached a significant milestone as it added the ten thousandth tartan design to its database.
The milestone design was the 131 Argyle tartan, registered by the Diocesan Boys’ School of Hong Kong. The tartan celebrates the school’s long history since its founding in in 1869.
Other designs in the past year include a new Rangers F.C. tartan registered for the Glasgow football club, the latest of many football club tartans registered over the years.
It also includes the Balmoral Glen Gelder tartan, registered by The Scottish Tartans Authority on behalf of HM The King’s Aberdeenshire Estate.
The Edinburgh 900 tartan celebrates the city’s 900th anniversary year, and a Witches of Scotland tartan was dedicated in memory of those who suffered as a result of The Witchcraft Act.
The Scottish Register of Tartans is managed by National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS ensures applicants are entitled to register their designs and that each tartan is new and unique.
The register was created in 2008 by the Scottish Parliament as a single independent record, to promote and preserve information about historic and contemporary tartans. Hundreds of new tartan designs are registered every year for families, cultural organisations, sporting clubs, companies, movies and television shows.
NRS Chief Executive Alison Byrne said:
“National Records of Scotland is proud to administer the Scottish Register of Tartans on behalf of the country.
“Registering our ten thousandth design demonstrates that people all over the world love tartan and want to ensure their designs are preserved as part of the historic record.
“You don’t have to be Scottish or have Scots heritage to register a design. Everyone can apply to register a new tartan. You can search our website to find out more about existing tartans and maybe discover the design that would be most appropriate for you.”
See the Scottish Register of Tartans website for the full searchable database of over 10,000 registered tartans and further information on registering new designs.
