SHEEP STATS

ESTABLISHED IN UK 13th century WOOL TYPE Lustre

LOCATION Mostly the Cotswolds HANDLE Smooth and lustrous COLOUR Cream/white

FLEECE WEIGHT 4-7kg

DID YOU KNOW? 1 The ancestors of the Cotswold breed can be traced back to Roman times. 2 Wool manufacturers and merchants in the Middle Ages grew rich on the textiles produced by the fleece of the Cotswolds. 3 The need for long fibres, such as the Cotswolds’, declined in the 1840s when spinning machinery could spin shorter fibres.