@civilwarbore yes!
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip sadly by your period of history they had fallen out of favor in Britain.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore aww well at least the breed remains to this day1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip yeah the story of their survival is kind if fascinating, bc apparently early farmers introduced them on Soay Island & left2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore so they went feral and were redomesticated?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip pretty much! They're nearly totally unimproved as a breed. Butser Ancient Farm in the UK uses em as stand ins for Iron Age sheep1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@AdmiralHip & as far as archaeologists can tell, they're what late Neolithic farmers had. Small, hardy, shed their wool in spring.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore well hey if they've thrived this long on their own i suspect they're pretty hardy lol1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore they look like they have nice thick wool too2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip but when Romans praised the wool cloaks Britons made, it was sheep similar to these that provided the wool. :D1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore awesome
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