Devon Longwool

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]}

Devon Longwool

Photograph from the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911
Conservation status	Extinct
Other names	Devon Longwoolled
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Distribution	Northern Devon, southern Somerset
Type	Upland
Use	Wool
Traits
Face colour	White
Horn status	Polled (hornless)
Sheep Ovis aries

History

A breed society, the Devon Longwool Sheep Breed Society, was formed in 1898. A flock book was begun in 1900.^[1]: 797