"Pastoral, near Tweedsmuir"

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
08 Jun 1939
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Pastoral, near Tweedsmuir with sheep and stream'. View of a group of broad-leaved trees with a burn flowing between them. Sheep are grazing. A wide flat-bottomed valley floor stretches to distant hills.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
08 Jun 1939
Subject place
Tweedsmuir/Scottish Borders
Subject notes
Sheep-farming is a major component of agriculture in the Borders and gave rise to an important breed, the Cheviot, bred to suit the conditions. The hills are lower and more rounded than those of the Highlands. The Cheviot, with its white face and 'Roman nose', produces a finer wool, has a squarish body and has shorter legs than, say, the Blackface, which is better adapted to the Highlands.
Accession number
P38575

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