The Dartmoor Shepherd

Add a touch of luxury to your home, and support ethical rare breed farming, with our range of limited-edition sheepskin products direct from the Dartmoor Shepherd.

First-generation shepherds

As first-generation shepherds, Lewis and Flora saw that although their sheep couldn’t compete with modern breeds in many ways, they do still have something far superior to offer, their sheepskins.

Ancient Dartmoor flocks

All Dartmoor Shepherd products begin with their own flocks of 3 native Dartmoor sheep – The Whiteface Dartmoor, The Greyface Dartmoor and The Devon and Cornwall Longwool.

A truly superior product

Buying a Dartmoor Shepherd sheepskin means you are buying directly from the shepherd. Everything they sell is a bi-product of slow-grown, pasture-fed hogget/lamb. The sheep never leave Dartmoor throughout the entire process from lambing to the tanning of rugs. By working closely with Britain’s oldest tannery, less than 20 miles from where the sheep graze, this produces a truly superior product.

Farming in harmony with nature

Lewis and Flora are firm believers that farming is part of the solution to the world’s climate problems. They maintain the ancient Dartmoor pastures around them locking carbon into the land. All their sheep are completely grass-fed using a holistic grazing approach including sowing wildflower mixes, housing beehives and never using fertilizers. Sheep are key to preserving the beauty and diversity of the wildlife within the National Park.

Limited edition sheepskins

When you buy a Dartmoor Shepherd product you are supporting their ethos of farming with nature, and you are helping to create a lifeline for the ancient, native Dartmoor breeds. You are also buying a limited-edition sheepskin as their breeds are so rare and they are the last commercial producers of these rugs.