A Brief History of Roman Britain - Conquest and Civilization Quotes

“This wool may have come from the feral variety of sheep resembling the modern Soay sheep found on St Kilda, which has a brown fleece, but later selective breeding led to an improvement in quality and to whiter fleeces.”
― Joan P. Alcock, A Brief History of Roman Britain

“John Wild, however, suggested that a Roman breeding programme produced a sheep more akin to the Orkney sheep of South Ronaldsay that produced a thicker fleece,”
― Joan P. Alcock, A Brief History of Roman Britain

“The nearest equivalents to Celtic sheep are Welsh Black Mountain and Soay sheep.”
― Joan P. Alcock, A Brief History of Roman Britain