5019 x 3346 px | 42,5 x 28,3 cm | 16,7 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
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The highland breed of cattle has a long and distinguished ancestry not only in its homeland of western Scotland but also in many far flung parts of the world One of Britain s oldest most distinctive and best known breeds with a long thick flowing coat of rich hair and majestic sweeping horns the Highlander has remained largely unchanged over the centuries Written records go back to the 18th century and the Highland Cattle Herd Book first published in 1885 lists pedigrees since that time New folds as herds of Highlanders are known are founded every year both at home and abroad and in recent years Highland Cattle societies have been started in Sweden Denmark Austria Germany Holland Finland France Switzerland and Norway and there are also Highlanders in Luxembourg Belgium the Czech Republic Poland and the Faroe Islands In the British Isles folds are found from the furthest south to the extreme north on many different types of ground varying from the slopes of the Sussex Downs the fenlands of East Anglia to the windswept machars of the Outer Hebrides
