Ram Raider
by Terri Waters
Title
Ram Raider
Artist
Terri Waters
Medium
Photograph
Description
A ram enjoying the late afternoon sun in the New Forest Hampshire.
From the New Forest National Park website
There is only one commoner turning out sheep in the New Forest at present, and these are to be found grazing on the National Trust-owned commons around Bramshaw, in the north of the National Park.
Sheep are not generally seen roaming on the open Forest because the right to turn them out (known as common of pasture for sheep) is attached to only a few properties and is rarely exercised.Sheep tend to prefer the conditions offered by higher moorland areas such as Dartmoor.
Common rights are attached to properties in and around the New Forest rather than to any individual. Someone who makes use of the common rights attached to their property is known as a practising commoner.
Pasture
The right to graze livestock, including ponies, cattle and donkeys and also some sheep (under a separate common right).
Pannage or mast
The right to turn out pigs during the �pannage� season in the autumn to feed. The pigs provide a useful service by eating acorns that are poisonous to ponies and cattle.
Estovers or fuelwood
The right to cut wood for fuel. To protect the Ancient and Ornamental woodland, commoners who exercise this right are now provided with firewood from timber plantations by the Forestry Commission.
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