New scientific research has revealed a piece of tartan found in a peat bog in Glen Affric, Scotland around 40 years ago can be dated to circa 1500-1600. CREDIT: Alan Richardson Pix-AR.

The Glen Affric tartan, which dates to the 16th century, on top of the newly recreated pattern House of Edgar Old fashion trends have a tendency to come back in style, and now a team of ...

Radiocarbon testing, which involved cleaning the fabric of any peat staining, narrowed that time frame to circa 1500 and 1600, making the Glen Affric artifact the earliest-known true tartan.

After laying submerged in a peat bog for more than 500 years, the world’s oldest true tartan has been recreated and made available for consumers. The Glen Affric tartan, which takes its name ...

Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the Highlands during forestry work and donated to the Scottish Tartans Authority in the ...

Experts have said the tartan was more than likely worn as an "outdoor working garment" and would not have been worn by royalty. "The Glen Affric tartan is clearly a piece of national and ...

John McLeish, left, and Peter MacDonald, right, of the Scottish Tartans Authority, examine the Glen Affric tartan — Scotland's oldest-known true tartan — with James Wylie, a curator at the ...

The tartan was discovered around 40 years ago in Glen Affric in the Highlands and underwent rigorous testing by the Scottish Tartans Authority last year to confirm it was the oldest surviving ...

The tartan was found in a peat bog in Glen Affric — an area in the Scottish Highlands carpeted with woods, lakes and moorland — in the 1980s, but this is the first time that scientists have ...