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30th November 10, 08:00 PM
#1
Like i found this one-Its lovely
reference number: 0630
tartan name: Unidentified Plaid Barbie's Moss
type: Artefact/Unidentified
notes: A plaid wrapped around the body of Barbie, (surname not known) who committed sucide through the loss of her lover in the Napolionic Wars, she was buried in a peat hagg, and was exhumed in the 1990s, see S.T.W.R No 2695.
source: Plaid from Barbie's Moss
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30th November 10, 08:11 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by NorCalPiper
Like i found this one-Its lovely
reference number: 0630
tartan name: Unidentified Plaid Barbie's Moss
type: Artefact/Unidentified
notes: A plaid wrapped around the body of Barbie, (surname not known) who committed sucide through the loss of her lover in the Napolionic Wars, she was buried in a peat hagg, and was exhumed in the 1990s, see S.T.W.R No 2695.
source: Plaid from Barbie's Moss
Right, but as I read the description it appears that the real colors were blue and white, not yellow and green.
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30th November 10, 09:25 PM
#3
Yeah-
i googled the tartan and saw the blue and white one. Actually a gray blue and gray/white. simple , yet lovely.
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1st December 10, 03:03 AM
#4
 Originally Posted by NorCalPiper
Like i found this one-Its lovely
reference number: 0630
tartan name: Unidentified Plaid Barbie's Moss
type: Artefact/Unidentified
notes: A plaid wrapped around the body of Barbie, (surname not known) who committed sucide through the loss of her lover in the Napolionic Wars, she was buried in a peat hagg, and was exhumed in the 1990s, see S.T.W.R No 2695.
source: Plaid from Barbie's Moss
It's difficult to tell without access to the specimen but if the dates are right then this would probably be an early C19th plaid as opposed to a typical C18th Highland one.
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