Breed Image Date of origin Location of origin Status Badger Face Welsh Mountain sheep Since at least the Middle Ages [ 18] Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep Since before 1947 [ 19] Welsh mountain sheep society formed in 1985 [ 20] Tywi valley [ 20] [ 19] Beulah Speckled Face Beulah Speckled-Face Sheep Society was founded in 1958 [ 21] Hills of Eppynt, Llanafan, Abergwesyn, and Llanwrtyd Wells [ 21] Black Welsh Mountain sheep Existed in the Middle Ages, but artificially selected to form a breed in the 19th century [ 22] Brecon Cheviot 400 years ago recognised in the mid-1850s [ 23] Brecon Beacons [ 23] Welsh Hill Speckled Face Derived from Welsh mountain sheep with some Kerry Hill sheep introduced into breeding [ 24] Devil's Bridge and hilly areas of Mid Wales [ 24] Hill Radnor Kerry Hill sheep Records as a distinct breed in 1809 First Flock Book published in 1899 with 26 members [ 25] Kerry, Powys [ 26] Registered Kerry Hill Sheep are present across the British Isles, Ireland and the Netherlands [ 25] Llanwenog sheep Various local black faced hill breeds in the Teifi valley crossed with Shropshire sheep in West Wales in the late 19th century The Llanwenog Breed Society was formed in 1957 [ 27] Teifi valley, West Wales [ 27] Centred in West Wales and is widespread in the UK [ 27] Lleyn sheep Bred from the Irish Roscommon sheep likely at the beginning of the 19th century [ 28] seven pure-bred flocks in 1960s more than 1000 pure breeders in the UK in 2006 [ 29] Welsh Mountain sheep Throughout Wales [ 30] 
