Ancient MacKay tartan
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Ancient MacKay tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacKay, featuring the clan’s historic colors in a softer, weathered palette typical of “ancient” style tartans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ancient MacKay tartan canonical | 1 |
| Modern MacKay tartan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13576198 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ancient MacKay tartan Context triple: [Clan MacKay, tartanType, Ancient MacKay tartan]
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A.
MacRae tartan
The MacRae tartan is the distinctive clan tartan associated with the Scottish Highland Clan MacRae, featuring a characteristic pattern of colored checks used in kilts and other traditional garments.
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B.
Maclean of Duart tartan
The Maclean of Duart tartan is the principal traditional plaid pattern associated with the historic Scottish Clan Maclean and its Duart Castle lineage on the Isle of Mull.
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C.
MacGregor tartan
The MacGregor tartan is the distinctive traditional plaid pattern associated with Scotland’s historic Clan MacGregor, used in their kilts and other Highland dress.
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D.
MacInnes tartan
The MacInnes tartan is the distinctive plaid pattern traditionally associated with the Scottish Highland Clan MacInnes, used in their kilts and other clan regalia.
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E.
MacDougall tartan
The MacDougall tartan is the distinctive traditional plaid pattern associated with Scotland’s Clan MacDougall, used in their kilts and other clan regalia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ancient MacKay tartan Target entity description: Ancient MacKay tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacKay, featuring the clan’s historic colors in a softer, weathered palette typical of “ancient” style tartans.
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A.
MacRae tartan
The MacRae tartan is the distinctive clan tartan associated with the Scottish Highland Clan MacRae, featuring a characteristic pattern of colored checks used in kilts and other traditional garments.
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B.
Maclean of Duart tartan
The Maclean of Duart tartan is the principal traditional plaid pattern associated with the historic Scottish Clan Maclean and its Duart Castle lineage on the Isle of Mull.
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C.
MacGregor tartan
The MacGregor tartan is the distinctive traditional plaid pattern associated with Scotland’s historic Clan MacGregor, used in their kilts and other Highland dress.
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D.
MacInnes tartan
The MacInnes tartan is the distinctive plaid pattern traditionally associated with the Scottish Highland Clan MacInnes, used in their kilts and other clan regalia.
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E.
MacDougall tartan
The MacDougall tartan is the distinctive traditional plaid pattern associated with Scotland’s Clan MacDougall, used in their kilts and other clan regalia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ancient MacKay tartan