Scottish Dunface

However, several local types of Dunface survived on islands around Scotland, giving rise to or contributing to existing breeds including the Shetland, North Ronaldsay, Hebridean and Boreray.

[4] The sheep kept throughout the British Isles up to the Iron Age were small, variable in colour and short-tailed.

[6] After this the descendants of the Dunface survived only on remote islands (St Kilda, Shetland and Orkney) and as ornamental animals in parks.

These include the Manx Loaghtan of the Isle of Man,[7] and the extinct Kerry Mountain and Cladagh of western Ireland.

[5] Dunface sheep were kept in small flocks, tended during the day by a boy or girl, then housed at night.