background preloader

Drovers roads

Facebook Twitter

Soil

Victoria County History- Search Results. Glossary of sheep husbandry. A trio of lambs. The raising of domestic sheep has occurred in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry. A few of the more major terms include: Staple (wool) Merino and crossbred wool staples showing the different quality numbers A Wool Staple is a naturally formed cluster or lock of wool fibres and not a single fibre. Very many staples together form a fleece. The cluster of wool fibres is made by a cluster of follicles. The natural cluster of wool is held together because individual fibres have the ability to attach to each other so that they stay together. Of uncertain origin but possibly a back-formation[1] arising because part of the business of a wool-stapler was to sort and class the wool according to quality.

Staple strength is calculated as the force required to break per unit staple thickness, expressed as newtons per kilotex[2] or N/tex. Virtually all fleece and better grade wool skirtings sold at auction in Australia are objectively measured prior to the sale with the average results printed in a catalogue. At least 40 staples must be measured to in order to conform to the Australian Standard. Drovers' roads in yorkshire. Drovers' road. A section of drover's road at Cotkerse near Blairlogie, Scotland A drovers' road, drove [road] or droveway is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance).[1] Many drovers' roads were ancient routes of unknown age; others are known to date back to medieval or more recent times. [2] Description[edit] Drovers[edit] Drovers (those droving or driving livestock) accompanied their livestock either on foot or on horseback, travelling substantial distances.

Rural England, Wales and Scotland are crossed by numerous drove roads that were used for this trade, many of which are now no more than tracks, and some lost altogether. Early history[edit] Some form of drovers' roads existed in Romano-British times[citation needed] and certainly throughout the Early Middle Ages. Medieval drovers' roads[edit] 17th century onwards[edit] Long acre[edit] Decline of droving[edit] America[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] The Victorian Web: An Overview. BC Museum: Droving. This page has music available that you may turn on. You can hear "Gil Morice" by clicking the right arrow above.

You may also turn it off by clicking on the two parallel lines. (Sequenced by Lesley Nelson-Burns.) Above, "The Handsome Drover" by Hayward Hardy This Scottish drover, with his large, flat "bonnet" --these were knitted and then washed and blocked or stretched over a dinner plate, which gave them their enormous size-- is on horseback and driving four "stirks" or castrated bull calves to market. He is being assisted by a tricolored collie, as handsome as he is. [This article first appeared in a much smaller version in the Shepherd's Dogge Magazine, Vol. "Without the shepherd's dog the mountainous land of England and Scotland would not be worth sixpence. Left, "A Highland Drove", artist unknown, but we believe it could be Heyward Hardy again.

These curious facts make understanding the role of sheepdogs difficult, and writing about drovers' dogs becomes a complex task. Forest Ecology and Management : Scottish upland forests: History lessons for the future. Volume 249, Issues 1–2, 25 September 2007, Pages 45–53 Traditional knowledge, cultural heritage and sustainable forest management Edited By John A. Parrotta and Mauro Agnoletti Abstract This paper sets out to show how historical and cultural land-use in the Scottish Highlands has influenced the development, distribution, structure and composition of upland forests. It challenges the widely accepted Victorian perception of a Highland “wilderness”, with an alternative view of a more populated pastoral landscape that prevailed prior to the Highland clearances. There is evidence that from the 11th century, the Scottish uplands were occupied by people who were managing the land and the vegetation to meet the needs of their pastoral way of life.

Keywords Shieling; Wood pasture; Transhumance; Veteran trees; Grazing animals Copyright © 2007 Elsevier B.V. The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Nov., 1986), pp. 523-546. Stallibrass: The Way to a Roman Soldier's Heart:... Biological Conservation : Ecological history of transhumance in Spain. Transhumance is a traditional livestock practice which permits the complementary exploitation of resources between the highlands and lowlands. It is common to all Mediterranean countries, being for physical and human reasons most fully developed in the Iberian Peninsula. The practice evolved a complex and widespread network of livestock routes (cañadas) in Spain, which were governed by livestock organisations benefiting from special legislation from the 13th century.

Designed to cope with the migratory movements of merino sheep, transhumance helped shape a characteristic landscape which has maintained one of the Mediterranean's most complex and interesting ecosystems. Agricultural intensification, the spread of the railway network, urban expansion and industrialisation have led to a drastic reduction in transhumance practices, itself leading to the alteration of the ecosystems these practices had shaped and to an abandonment of the extensive network of drovers' roads. 23n1a3.pdf (application/pdf Object) The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Apr., 1916), pp. 370-399.