Manx Loaghtan sheep at The Grove, Rural Life Museum, Ramsey, Isle of Man

Manx Loaghtan Sheep The Manx Loaghtan sheep is native to the Isle of Man. It is sometimes spelled as Loaghtyn or Loghtan. It is characterized by a dark brown wool and usually having four or occasionally six horns. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 343 KB) Summary Photograph of Manx Loaghtan sheep taken at The Grove Rural Life Museum, Ramsey, Isle of Man on 30 September 2005 Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 343 KB) Summary Photograph of Manx Loaghtan sheep taken at The Grove Rural Life Museum, Ramsey, Isle of Man on 30 September 2005 Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Species See text A Sheep is a mammal, one of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds in the genus Ovis. ...

The Manx Loaghtan is descended from the primitive sheep once found throughout Scotland and the Hebrides and Shetland Islands. The word Loaghtan comes from the Manx words lugh dhoan which means mouse-brown and describes the colour of the sheep. Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... The Hebrides comprise a wide-spread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, and in geological terms are composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles and Ireland. ... The Shetland Islands (also sometimes spelled Zetland or Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and also form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area, and the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ...

The breed is rare. It is small, with no wool on the face or legs. The face and the legs are a dark brown color. Manx Loaghtan are horned with four horns being preferred but individuals are also found with two or six horns. The horns are generally small on the ewes but are larger and stronger on the males.

Loaghtan is farmed as a delicacy on the Isle of Man, with only two principal farms producing the meat. There is a large herd of sheep on the Calf of Man and access to the island was closed during the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic to protect the herd. However, the disease did not reach the Isle of Man. The Calf of Man is a small island, almost 1 square mile (2. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), sometimes called hoof-and-mouth disease, is a highly contagious but non-fatal viral disease of cattle and pigs. ...

Relevant words in Manx Gaelic: Manx (Gaelg or Gailck), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man. ...

Sheep - keyrrey

Manx - Manninagh

Mouse-brown - lugh dhoan

Meat - foalley

Lamb - eayn

Six-horned - shey eairkagh

Loaghtan - loaghtan