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Tartan Details - Isle of Eriskay

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "Isle of Eriskay" tartan is shown below. 

Reference: 11709
Designer: Wilton, Brian
Tartan date: 14/12/2016
Registration date: 7 February 2017
Category: District
Restrictions: Yes.
Cannot be offered for sale or woven unless with the Specific authorisation of the copyright holders Co Chomunn Eirisgeidh Ltd, Rubha Ban, Isle Of Eriskay HS8 5JJ.


Registration notes: The tiny Hebridean island of Eriskay has many claims to fame - the haunting Eriskay Love Lilt, the ancient breed of Eriskay ponies, the seamless Eriskay jersey; the real 1941 Whisky Galore island and the first Scottish footfall of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. It is the last of these that forms the Royal Stewart basis of the Eriskay Tartan whose colours mirror those of the landscape, seas and sands of the island. One final touch is the pink for the sea bindweed that is uniquely present on Eriskay. Legend has it that it grew from the seeds inadvertently dropped on the beach when Bonnie Prince Charlie pulled out his ‘kerchief’.
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