Above: Soay sheep would have been the type kept by people in the period between 2000 BC and 600 BC. This breed is the smallest and most primitive of the British sheep breeds. The wool of this sheep is shed naturally or can be plucked. All Soays today are descended from animals, which lived in a wild state on the Isle Of Soay, off the west coast of Scotland. The Soay is of great archaeological interest and their bones have been found at Flag Fen.
Above: These pigs are cross breeds between a wild boar and a Tamworth breed, and are similar to what would have been in the area during the Bronze age. Comparing them with the five-bar gate, they are quite big, and well able to knock down their fencing, so no messing with them!