NC8864 : The Post Office Sheep (1995)

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The Post Office Sheep (1995)
The Post Office Sheep (1995)
The Post Office > NC8864 : Rowan Bank Cottage in 1992 had its own croft, which was grazed by a small flock of North Country Cheviots. The Post Office sheep were marked with the letters 'PO' in order to distinguish them from the many other sheep in the area. Before the era of marking sheep with a plastic tag (pierced through the animal's ear), each croft used to have their own mark that was either applied onto the sheep's coat or cut into their ears (the latter is called a lug mark). The view is towards Bighouse Lodge and the Halladale river mouth.
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NC8864, 8 images   (find more images nearby)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
January 1995
Submitted
Monday, 8 October, 2007
Category
Sheep   (find more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NC 885 645 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:33.2748N 3:55.0722W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NC 884 645
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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