Devon Longwool
British breed of sheep
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The Devon Longwool was a British breed of domestic sheep from south-west England. It was distributed in southern Somerset and northern Devon, and was – like the Greyface Dartmoor and the South Devon – a polled longwool sheep.[1]: 797 It is now considered extinct,[2]: 120 [3] as in 1977 it was merged with the South Devon to form the Devon and Cornwall Longwool.[1]: 797 [4]
History
A breed society, the Devon Longwool Sheep Breed Society, was formed in 1898. A flock book was begun in 1900.[1]: 797
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