| Neolithic
Period
Mouflon Sheep
The Mouflon are a wild sheep and are native to Corsica and
Sardinia. It is thought that this breed was introduced into
Europe some 7000 years ago and that all sheep are descended
from them.
One of the many animals to see at Flag Fen
Bronze
Age Period
Soay Sheep
Soay sheep would have been the type kept by people in the
period between 2000 BC and 600 BC. This breed is the smallest
and most primitive of the British sheep breeds. The wool of
this sheep is shed naturally or can be plucked. All Soays
today are descended from animals, which lived in a wild state
on the Isle Of Soay, off the west coast of Scotland. The Soay
is of great archaeological interest and their bones have been
found at Flag Fen.
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Iron
Age Period
Wild
Boar x Tamworth
Wild boars were once common in forests throughout Europe.
To recreate a type which would have been familiar to Iron
Age man, a wild boar has been crossed with a Tamworth sow
to produce our pig “Winette”.
The Flag Fen pig is a cross breed, which produces the type
of pig that would have been familiar to Iron Age man.
Birds
at Flag Fen
Flag Fen is home to a variety of waterfowl including Swans,Graylag
Geese, White Geese, Mallards and Aylesbury Ducks.
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