BELTED GALLOWAY CATTLE

The unique appearance of Belted Galloway cattle inspires many questions about their origins.

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With black, red or dun color sandwiched about a white middle, the Belted Galloway's first recorded history indicates that they developed during the 16th century in the former Galloway district of Scotland, a rugged and hilly seacoast region where hardiness was necessary for survival. The British Isles then and now raised solid-colored, polled, shaggy-coated Galloway cattle generally considered to have evolved from an early Celtic breed. Precisely when and where s