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Baa-rilliant sheep sheared to give giant fleece!

Sheep shearer Carl Sutton lies on the wool, alongside Lynn Kirk (left) and Angie Beale from the Black Barn Therapy Farm. The three of them are laying down on the fleece. It is easily taller than all three and much wider.

The fleece was big enough to to let three people lie on it with extra room!

Ewe won't believe the size of this fleece that was sheared off a sheep!

A sheep shearer in Lincolnshire removed a coat measuring a whopping 8ft by 8ft (2.4m by 2.4m) - big enough for him to lie down on fully stretched out.

The coat came from a Lincoln Longwool, a large type of sheep breed.

Carl Sutton, who removed the fleece from the animal, said the sheep "definitely felt better" after removing all that heavy wool.

Shearing is when an animal's woolly fleece is clipped off, a bit like the sheep getting a haircut.

A sheep looks directly at the camera. Its coat is short and it is standing in a field.

The sheep "definitely felt better" after being shorn

Lincoln Longwools are woolier than other types of sheep.

"They've got wool right from the nose to the tails and everywhere else," Sutton said.

"So, you get a massive fleece. They are big sheep, but that's the biggest fleece we've had."

A fully grown ram can weigh in the region of 19 to 24 stone (120 to 150kg), and according to The Lincoln Longwool Sheep Breeders' Association, the breed is the largest native sheep in the UK.

Angie Beale, from the Black Barn Therapy Farm, says the sheep "bring a smile to your face".

She usually keeps a couple of them at her farm.

Describing the shearing, she said the fleece was "absolutely huge".

"It was a really hot day, and we just couldn't believe it as it was coming off," she added.

Two women and one man stand behind the fleece which is stretched out over the grass.

Carl Sutton said the fleece measured roughly 8ft by 8ft