Winner of two-star Great Taste Award, 2019. This is the page for Black Welsh Lamb – high quality organic black welsh mountain lamb from Pen y Wyrlod Farm in the uplands of North Monmouthshire. On this page we want to show you how our lamb is grown, the sustainable methods we are trying to adopt and the historic landscape that we farm in. Black Welsh Lamb comes from our closed flock of ped
igree Black Welsh Mountain sheep developed over a fifteen year period. All our sheep are soil association organic accredited and the lambs are fed only grass and hay from the farm. Pen y Wyrlod Farm has been here since the mid 1550’s and the land has hardly changed since that time. The fields are the same size and shape, the hedges all survive, we have ancient trees and there are more than 40 species of grass and herbs in the pasture. This all helps us to grow lambs which only feed on natural grass and hay, developing slowly to reach maturity at their own pace. Their meat is tender, low fat and has a complex flavour that more commercial lambs simply cannot match. Our aim is to farm naturally and sustainably and the lambs are matured for up to 18 months before slaughter, then hung for up to three weeks to give a uniquely tasty meat. Black Welsh Lamb is available to order, cut, packed and ready for the freezer. Call into the farm if you are passing. We don’t keep any meat in stock, but you can see the sheep and how we keep them.
