The Devon Closewool Sheep is a breed of domestic sheep from United Kingdom. It was originated from the Exmoor region of southwest England. It was developed by crossing native Exmoor ewes with a Devon Longwool ram in the late nineteenth century. And the breed was very popular and also extended rapidly in numbers. There were around 229,000 animals by the 1950, and almost all of them located in Devon, making them most numerous sheep breed in the county at that time. A breeders association for the Devon Closewool sheep was formed in 1923 named as ‘The Devon Closewool Sheep Breeders

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