Pastures of Sussex.
Rangelands of the
West.
Heritage-breed sheepskin rugs imported from family farms across the British Isles, Europe, and Iceland. Stewarded by hand and heart on working natural landscapes.
Plate 04From the South Downs
to the Sierra Nevada,
the mission is the same.
Shepherd's Heritage is a partnership of four, two rooted in the Sussex Weald of England, two transplanted in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. We source heritage-breed sheepskin rugs from across the British Isles, Europe, and Iceland, and sell them to the people who care where things come from.
Shepherd's Heritage is a dedication to the traditions and communities of land stewardship — to the heritage breeds shaped by terrain and climate, to the shepherds carrying on old traditions, and to the small tanneries carrying on legacy craftsmanship. Stewards of the land and stewarded by the land.
Greg · Olly · Anna · Mark
Heritage breeds, heritage
tempers of fleece
Plate 05[Macro — Sussex Ash]Why heritage breeds matter.
Industrial sheep are bred for speed: short fleece, fast meat, uniform colour. The breeds we work with were bred for centuries before any of that — for hill, for weather, for hand. Their fleece carries the climate it grew in. It has a temper. It is the record of where the animal stood.
- No. 01Hebridean Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- No. 02Icelandic Iceland
- No. 03Jacob Yorkshire, England
- No. 04Manx Loaghtan Isle of Man
- No. 05Shetland Shetland Isles, Scotland
