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Castlemilk Moorit
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Castlemilk Moorit is a rare Scottish breed created in the early twentieth century at Castlemilk estate by combining Shetland, Manx Loaghtan, and wild Mouflon blood toward a moorit-coloured, elegant park sheep. Numbers remain very small under rare-breed conservation. Lamb is fine-boned, lean, and delicately gamey with a soft moorit-associated fibre story that appeals to nose-to-tail smallholders. Availability is scarce; when sold, meat suits careful roasting and cookery that respects low intramuscular fat.
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History
Sir John Buchanan-Jardine began assembling a distinctive moorit flock at Castlemilk.
The fixed Castlemilk Moorit type was recognised among rare Scottish breeds.
Dispersal and rescue breeding prevented total loss after estate changes.
Coordinated rare-breed programmes stabilised a still-vulnerable population.