Description
Lovely rare breed Castlemilk Moorit sheep fleeces fresh from the sheep’s back. These sheep need to be shorn otherwise they will be too hot in their woolly coats.
The fleeces are chocolate brown but become bleached in the sun. They weigh just over 1kg are naturally coloured and undyed. The fleece has a short staple.
Unwashed so you can decide whether you wish to wash the lanolin out before spinning or using for other projects.
During the early years of the twentieth century the late Sir Jock Buchanan-Jardine began a breeding programme on his Castlemilk Estate in Dumfriesshire. Using a variety of sheep breeds, he developed the Castlemilk moorit to beautify his parkland and provide fine, kemp free moorit coloured wool.
On his death in 1970 the majority of the flock was culled and a few dispersed, including six ewes and a ram which were bought by Joe Henson at the Cotswold Farm Park. All today’s Castlemilk Moorits are descended from these few dispersed sheep. We keep a small flock of these beautiful sheep here at Godshill Park Farm.
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