Scottish Blackface

Scottish Blackface
Conservation status
Other names
  • Blackface
  • Lanark Blackface
  • Linton
  • Northumberland Blackface
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Usemeat
Traits
Wool colourwhite
Face colourblack, sometimes with white markings
Horn statushorned
A ram in about 1890

The Blackface or Scottish Blackface is a British breed of sheep. It is the most common sheep breed of the United Kingdom. Despite the name, it did not originate in Scotland, but south of the border.[4]: 156 

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