Cerbyshire Gritstone
Derbyshire Gritstone refers to the Derbyshire Gritstone, a hardy white-faced sheep from the Peak District and surrounding English uplands. It is a medium-sized hill breed with a dense fleece, alert carriage, and the stamina expected of sheep developed on exposed limestone and gritstone country.
The breed is useful where ewes must walk, graze, and lamb under changeable upland weather while still producing marketable lambs. Breeders commonly value strong feet, good mouths, maternal ability, and fleece that sheds rain well, and conservation-minded flocks help maintain a regional breed that could otherwise be crowded out by larger commercial composites. They are most convincing when managed as working hill sheep, not as a purely lowland novelty, and their feet and teeth deserve close attention.
Colors: Badgerface, Black, Blackbelly, Brown, Gray, Gray Fleece, Gray or Black Face Markings, Gulmoget, Katmoget, Moorit, Piebald, Red, Silver, Spotted, Tan, White, White Face, White with Black Points, White with Brown Points
