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The Blackface or Scottish Blackface is a British breed of sheep. It is the most common sheep breed of the United Kingdom. It is the most common sheep breed of the United Kingdom. Despite the name, it did not originate in Scotland, but south of the border.
Scottish Borders, 14th century or earlier not at risk [43] Hebridean. Cumbria, probably from sheep from the Hebrides, 19th century rare [44] North Country Cheviot. Cheviot Hills, Caithness, Sutherland, 18th century UK and North America [45] North Ronaldsay. North Ronaldsay, Iron Age rare [3] [46] Scottish Blackface. Scottish Borders, about 1500 ...
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The Scottish Dunface, Old Scottish Short-wool, Scottish Whiteface [1] or Scottish Tanface was a type of sheep from Scotland. It was one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep group, and it was probably similar to the sheep kept throughout the British Isles in the Iron Age.
The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the St Kilda Archipelago, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) from the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.
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Short-tailed sheep were gradually displaced by long-tailed types, leaving short-tailed sheep restricted to the less accessible areas. [3] These included the Scottish Dunface, which until the late eighteenth century was the main sheep type throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, including Orkney and Shetland. [4]
A group of three Hebridean sheep rams from the Weatherwax Flock. The sheep kept throughout Britain up to the Iron Age were small, short-tailed, and varied in colour. These survived into the 19th century in the Highlands and Islands as the Scottish Dunface, which had various local varieties, most of which are now extinct (some do survive, such as the Shetland and North Ronaldsay).