Carruthers Tartan

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

Part of Clan Carruthers

About this tartan

Carruthers is a Border name from Dumfriesshire, taken from a place: an ancient British fort, Caer Rydderch, which the historian George F. Black read as 'fort of Rydderch'. The family first appears in record in the thirteenth century and rose to become hereditary Stewards of Annandale under the Bruces

Read the Clan Carruthers story

Modern or Ancient?

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