The North Ronaldsay or Orkney is a breed of sheep from North Ronaldsay, the northernmost island of Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. It belongs...
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North Ronaldsay (/ˈrɒnəltsiː/, also /ˈrɒnəldziː/, Scots: North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area...
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Islands See also Ronaldsway, on the Isle of Man North Ronaldsay sheep, a breed of short-tailed sheep This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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List of Scottish breeds (section Sheep)
from 1961. The North Ronaldsay Sheep is a most unusual breed, subsisting largely on a diet of seaweed. The Boreray was in 2012 the only sheep breed listed...
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South Ronaldsay (/ˈrɒnəltsiː/, also /ˈrɒnəldziː/, Scots: Sooth Ronalshee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. It is linked to...
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Orkney (section The North Isles)
2018 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian. "Sheep Breeds: North Ronaldsay". Sheep Breeds. Seven Sisters Sheep Centre. Archived from the original on 25 April...
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The Cheviot is a breed of white-faced sheep which gets its name from the Cheviot Hills in north Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. It is still common...
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include the Boreray and also the North Ronaldsay and the Shetland. In the mid-eighteenth century the crofters' sheep were described as being "of the smallest...
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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...
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St Kilda, Scotland (section Soay sheep)
Hirta and a further 170 on the other group islands. Two different early sheep types have survived on these remote islands: the Soay, a Neolithic type...
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