Tour Scotland Photograph Prize Winning Black Faced Ram Strathardle

Tour Scotland photograph of a Prize Winning Black Faced Ram at Strathardle Agricultural Show, Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish Blackface is the most common breed of domestic sheep in the United Kingdom. This tough and adaptable breed is often found in the more exposed locations, such as the Scottish Highlands or roaming on the moors of Dartmoor, England. It is also known as Blackfaced Highland, Kerry, Linton, Scottish Mountain, Scottish Highland, Scotch Blackface and Scotch Horn. Artisans have long treasured the horns of the Blackface for the carving of shepherd's crooks and walking sticks. In America the fleeces are becoming of interest to fibre artists and hand spinners for use in tapestry and the making of rugs and saddle blankets.



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