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    Offa's Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa...
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    Offa's Dyke Path (Welsh: Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is a long-distance footpath loosely following the Wales–England border. Officially opened on 10 July 1971...
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    information for Offa's reign. Offa's Dyke, most of which was probably built in his reign, is a testimony to the extensive resources Offa had at his command...
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    followed broadly the same line since the 8th century, and in part that of Offa's Dyke; the modern boundary was fixed in 1536, when the former marcher lordships...
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    where another church, St Michael's is also a Grade I listed building. Offa's Dyke Path passes through the village and there are various footpaths and bridleways...
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  • Lincoln Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales Wansdyke (earthwork), dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it Wat's Dyke, An earthwork...
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    earthwork of Offa's Dyke, which passes within 200 yards of the castle. This is shown on the Badeslade drawing, labelled as 'King Offa's Ditch', with the...
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    Ruabon (section Offa's Dyke)
    owned by John Cory & Sons of Cardiff. Substantial remains of Offa's Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Offa) can be seen on the western outskirts of Ruabon. This massive...
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    on to Maesbury in Shropshire, England. It runs generally parallel to Offa's Dyke, sometimes within a few yards but never more than three miles (5 km)...
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  • Way in Wales Hadrian's Wall Path in England North Downs Way in England Offa's Dyke Path in Wales and England Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path in England...
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    Radnorshire. Originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement, Knighton is located on Offa's Dyke, the ancient earthwork that divided the two countries. It later became...
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  • the Offa's Dyke path 20 years earlier. The film begins with a flashback to 20 years earlier, with four friends celebrating after completing the Offa's Dyke...
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  • earthwork Offa's Dyke. There are 107 scheduled monuments in the county borough. The 29 Bronze Age and Iron Age sites are mainly found to the west of Offa's dyke...
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    and very rural Clun Forest, part of the Shropshire Hills AONB. Offa's Dyke and Offa's Dyke Path run through the area. The parish forms part of the Clun...
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  • borderlands as much as Offa's Dyke, a stronger and longer boundary earthwork erected by order of Offa of Mercia between AD 757 and 796. The Dyke still exists,...
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    Wall and Offa's Dyke have both been suggested as possible candidates. Archaeological evidence has been discovered showing parts of Offa's Dyke, on the...
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    thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia, who is remembered for building Offa's Dyke on the Welsh border. Bedford Castle was built...
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    believed to have healing properties, particularly for curing eye trouble. Offa's Dyke runs near the well, to the west. This interpretation is supported by...
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    the west. The Black Mountain is the highest point on Hatterrall Ridge. Offa's Dyke Path passes along the ridge, more or less from south to north. A steeper...
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    present. The structures can also stretch for many tens of miles (e.g. Offa's Dyke and Antonine Wall). In area, they can cover many hectares; for example...
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    Levee (redirect from Dyke (construction))
    given to either the excavation or to the bank. Thus Offa's Dyke is a combined structure and Car Dyke is a trench – though it once had raised banks as well...
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    Offa of Mercia seems to have continued this consultive initiative when he created a larger earth work, now known as Offa's Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Offa)...
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    Dobruja, Romania Athanaric's Wall, Romania Wat's Dyke parallel, for part of the distance, to Offa's Dyke, England:Wales. Atlantic Wall in Nazi-occupied...
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    bank in Monmouthshire, Wales. Access is from the Offa's Dyke Path, and the site is close to the Offa's Dyke earthwork itself. It is possible to climb up onto...
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  • Cadw SAM: MG151: Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: MG039: Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall...
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    created a larger earthwork, now known as Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa). Davies wrote of Cyril Fox's study of Offa's Dyke: "In the planning of it, there was a...
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    earlier than first thought in the area. Penycloddiau is crossed by the Offa's Dyke Path and the Clwydian Way, two long distance footpaths that traverse...
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    of Kent, East Anglia and Essex, and made frequent incursions across Offa's Dyke into what is now Wales. Coenwulf's death, in 821, marked the beginning...
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  • Williams co-founded the Offa's Dyke Collaboratory: an initiative to build momentum for new research into Offa's Dyke, Wat's Dyke and their landscape contexts...
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    with England roughly follows the line of the ancient earthwork known as Offa's Dyke. The large island of Anglesey lies off the northwest coast, separated...
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