Tweedsmuir, Borders

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Jul 1951
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Tweedsmuir. Sheep shearing'. View of a large group of men shearing sheep beside a drystane dyke. They are using manual shears.
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Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Jul 1951
Subject place
Tweedsmuir/Scottish Borders
Subject notes
Sheep are shorn of their fleece around June or July each year. If the sheep are not sheared, the wool will moult. The Borders were a major sheep producing area from the days of the great Border abbeys. The Cheviot breed was developed there. Drystane dykes were the normal field boundaries, intended to keep sheep and cattle from straying. Their building was also a useful way of clearing ground of stones. They took a great deal of skilled labour to build and maintain.
Accession number
P39554

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