race of "ancient sheep", Agricultural History Review 70, II (2022), pp 269-92; Kinsman D. (2001), Black Sheep of Windermere: A History of the St Kilda or Hebridean Sheep. Windy Hall Publications. pp 101–144, 206>. They were successfully bred to black, though some 19th century St Kildas were more variegated <Kinsman 2001, Fig. 4.3>. In 1906 John Guille Millais re-christened these sheep 'Hebrideans', asserting that they were 'a deteriorated variety of the Hebridean sheep'; his classification thus lumped them with sheep known as Hebrideans which were kept by a very small number of owners in the late 19th century. In 1912 Lydekker claimed that St Kildas were 'of uncertain and mixed origin'; scepticism and denial about their St Kilda origins has continued ever since< Fleming 2022, p. 285>. Four of the 19th century St Kilda flocks survive, at Weston Park (Staffordshire), Tatton Park (Cheshire) Harewood House and Kirk Hammerton (North Yorkshire). In 1973 the ornamental Hebrideans were identified by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust as being in need of conservation. Since then the breed has been revived, and it is no longer regarded as rare; it is kept in many parts of the world, now including its native Hebrides. See also Icelandic sheep Jacob sheep Manx Loaghtan Rare breed (agriculture) References External links Hebridean Sheep Society Hebridean Sheep at Oklahoma State University. Hebridean by Susan Schoenian, Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Hebrides Sheep breeds Sheep breeds originating in Scotland