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Sheep fank
Donald MacAulay1959
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
A typical drystone fank in Tòranais. Sheep from Bernera were rounded up and taken there for dipping, marking and shearing.
The photograph is by Donald MacAulay (1930-2017), a Gaelic poet and scholar, latterly Professor of Celtic at the University of Glasgow, who was from the island of Bernera.
University of Edinburgh, School of Scottish Studies Archives: SSSA BIV 3 b2 5708
Details
- Title: Sheep fank
- Creator: Donald MacAulay
- Date Created: 1959
- Location Created: Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland
- Rights: Estate of Donald MacAulay
- Medium: Photograph
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