Shepherd Roddy McDiarmid explains the finer points of his art to George Findlater of Historic Environment Scotland.
NOT SO long ago it would seem unthinkable that shepherding ways in Glen Fyne could be forgotten. Now the tradition is rapidly disappearing under layers of time. The knowledge and expertise in shepherding on Ardkinglas Estate is disappearing as sheep husbandry has changed – and in time the people who have this unwritten information will not be around.
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