Rowston Fold of pedigree, registered Highland cattle located on the beautiful Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire border was founded in 2003. Dai often saw Highland Cattle on his frequent trips to Scotland and what began with a fondness for the breed, turned into an interest in beginning our own fold.

We began to build the fold with some yearling heifers from the May fold.  We progressed with the purchase of some young stock from the Isle of Mull.  A visit to the sales at Oban were a must and there we bought Bac Beg 8th of Torloisk. (Pictured above.)

A young stock bull Gillie Dubh 5th of Killochries was jointly bought.  We have had some excellent heifer calves from him this year.

Bac Beg was artificially inseminated by Barrachie 2nd of Douneside and has produced a 1st class, well built heifer.

The fold is growing and we now have thirty head of various ages and sexes roaming on 240 acres of our open land.  The land begins near our home at Red Roses and travels up 'Marros Mountain' and gradually sweeps down toward Marros itself.  At it's peak you can overlook Caldey Island and on a fine day you can see Lundy Island, The Gower peninsular and as far as Burry Port.

Our Highland cattle feed naturally on grass in the summer months and in winter are fed haylage, supplemented with bruised oats and organic feed  for essential minerals and vitamins. The cattle are never housed indoors and have freedom to find their own shelter from the worst of the winter weather.

Preferring to embrace organic farming we aimed to provide a habitat that benefited not only our newly emerging Fold but also the local wildlife. We are in the process of organic conversion and have achieved elite Health Status. Now accredited to EBL, Lepto, BVD, IBR and Johnes via the SAC Premium Cattle Heath Scheme

Highlanders have attributes other than low maintenance that make them worth keeping. They are excellent mothers, and have little difficulty calving. The meat tastes superb and is very low in cholesterol as their strong hide and thick hair does the job that fat does in other breeds. 

The first show entered was a local open day held by the Breken Fold.  Two first places were achieved there with princess Dubh 2nd of Cnoc-na-sith who had been purchased from the Isle of Mull.

This year the Rowston Fold was represented at the Small Holders Show at Builth Wells and was awarded 3rd place for a cow and calf entry and runner up for an entry with a three year old maiden heifer.

1st place was recently gained at the 2007 Royal Welsh Show with our two year old maiden heifer.

We will in the future be building up our fold and attending more shows.  Our aim is to produce a first class pedigree fold.  We also have a small flock of shetland sheep.