Pringle Tartan

Blankets, clothing, ornaments and gifts in the Pringle tartan - each one made for you.

Part of Clan Pringle

About this tartan

Clan Pringle is a Borders clan whose name, originally Hoppringill, is recorded from the reign of Alexander III and derives from a place near Stow on Gala Water. As squires of the powerful Earls of Douglas, the Pringles held the profitable office of warden of Ettrick Forest, and in the first half of the 1400s they built Smailholm Tower. By 1540 a Pringle managed the King's wool

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.