Devon Longwool
{{Short description|British breed of sheep}}
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{{Infobox sheep breed
| name = Devon Longwool
| image = Devon Longwool ram, Encyclopædia Britannica 1911.jpg
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| image_caption = Photograph from the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911
| status = Extinct
| altname = Devon Longwoolled
| country = United Kingdom
| distribution = Northern Devon, southern Somerset
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| type = Upland
| use = Wool
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| facecolour = White
| horns = Polled (hornless)
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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.{{r|cabi|page=797}} It is now considered extinct,{{r|barb|page=120|dad}} as in 1977 it was merged with the South Devon to form the Devon and Cornwall Longwool.{{r|cabi|page=797|rbst}}
History
A breed society, the Devon Longwool Sheep Breed Society, was formed in 1898. A flock book was begun in 1900.{{r|cabi|page=797}}
References
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Category:Sheep breeds originating in England
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