About Glendinning Farms
The farm business comprises Glendinning, Glenshanna and Megdale Farms in Eastern Dumfriesshire, and Sundhope in the Scottish Borders. The lands extend to 2,200 ha. (5,500 acres), the ground rising steeply from around 500 feet to nearly 2000 feet above sea level at Sundhope, and to 1600 feet at Glendinning, cut in places by deep sykes flowing into the main watercourses. Most of the ground cannot be cultivated due to thin soils, steep slope and large areas of deep peat and blanket bog.
The forage is predominantly upland mixed species, an environment best suited to grazing hardy native breeds of sheep that thrive on rough uncultivated pasture. The wet and sometimes inhospitable climate and the unproductive nature of the soil allows few alternative methods of farming.
We believe that this type of ground is best managed through low impact grazing which contributes to the conservation of landscape, habitats, biodiversity, and archaeological features. The ancient drystane dykes and stells are a particular feature of the farms, providing shelter for the sheep and an important habitat for mosses and lichens, birds and small mammals.
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