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Welcome to the website for the Castlemilk Moorit Sheep Society.

We are an active society working with the Rare Breed Survival Trust to protect, increase and promote our rare sheep.This site is intended to provide useful and interesting background information about our breed and also provide a resource for communication between the Society and Members.
 


****  LATEST NEWS ******
 
Happy lambing!
It getting near that time again for sleepless nights and the patter of tiny hooves. Hope everyone has a really successful 2013 lambing and we get some spring weather to go with it.
 
Privacy policy
All organisations with a website need to have an agreed privacy policy telling visitors how they will protect their data. We have added our policy to the website for members to reference and you can download it here
 
New Calendar for 2013
The new events calendar now has confirmed dates for all the shows and we are just waiting to hear about a few of the Rare Breed Sales from the second half of the year.
 
Do you have a spare fleece from last years clip?
In the 1990s, the artist Victoria Crowe did a series of paintings of a neighbour, an old shepherd Jenny Armstrong, which were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland.The Dovecot Gallery is currently weaving a large tapestry of one of the pictures. http://dovecotstudios.com/tapestry-studios/current-projects and would like to use a CM fleece for one part. If you have a suitable fleece you can donate please contact Jemima Elliot on email: the.elliotts(at)ecoeng.co.uk
 
Do you have a blog or website where you post about your Castlemilk sheep and would like to share it with other members?There is a new section under links for members blogs/sites so let us know if you would like to be included. As a start read about Sophie Barnes and her new Castlemilk flock! Just select Events and useful dates then Useful Links on the menu on the left.
 
New forum for society members
At the AGM we were asked to create a forum where members can chat to each other and exchange information. We have created a basic forum that is only open to society members but is unmoderated and members can open their own topics at any time. More details can be found under the menu option on the left including how to join.
 
Combined Flock Book
The latest volume of the CFB is now available in the new form of a PDF download. Go to the online flock book and select manage your flock and there is a new link to download the Castlemilk Moorit pages.
 
Important information available on this site
There is a wide range of information on the site why not check it out:

 * Download the Getting Value from your sheep

   research report here

 * Find out about kinship reports here

 * Download the 2012 AGM minutes and the adopted

    Rules here  and here respectively 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

HOW TO FIND INFORMATION ON THIS SITE

 

The information on this site is divided into:

 

THE SOCIETY

 

Covering all issues about the society including membership, contact details, newsletter and promotion and research projects. If you want to know what we do or are interesting in joining please start here!

 

OUR SHEEP

 

Covering all matters to do with our sheep including breed descriptions, a list of breeders, a picture gallery and our marketplace for selling and buying all things Castlemilk.

 

EVENTS and USEFUL DATES

 

Covering all the events in the year that involve Castlemilks from Society AGM to shows and rare breed sales. This section also has a page of useful links to sites outside are control that may be of interest to members.

 

***** Click on the links on the left hand side of the page to explore further ******