Showcasing our pedigree registered native rare breed flocks
The Devon Closewool
The Devon Closewool is a very hardy sheep with a docile temperament making it an ideal sheep for the first time flockmaster or the commercial farmer looking for an easy care, low input sheep who survives and thrives on a purely grass based diet.
The breed arose around the mid-1800’s when Exmoor Horn sheep were crossed with the Devon Longwools. The resultant intermediate-sized sheep proved very popular.
Although numbers of Devon Closewools aren't as low as some other breeds, they are threatened due to their geographical concentration. Almost all of the breed is concentrated on Exmoor.
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust list the breed as ‘at risk’ on their 2024 watchlist & have made a concentrated effort to help establish flocks in other areas of the UK