Llanwenog sheep

Llanwenog sheep

 LLANWENOG - A small breed from south west Wales providing a good quality carcass of well flavoured meat. Llanwenog sheep have been traditionally bred on family farms in West Wales, particularly in the Teifi valley, although flocks are now kept from Devon to northwest Scotland. They were developed during the late nineteenth century from the crossing of clean faced Shropshire rams with the local hill sheep, a now extinct horned breed with a black face. A polled, black faced breed resulted, combining the merits of both parent breeds and capable of producing prime lamb either purebred or crossbred.