Offa's Dyke

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Offa's Dyke is a large early medieval earthwork running roughly along the England–Wales border, traditionally attributed to King Offa of Mercia as a defensive and territorial boundary.

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Label Occurrences
Offa’s Dyke 6
Offa's Dyke canonical 5
Offa’s Dyke National Trail 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
earthwork
linear earthwork
long-distance footpath
scheduled monument
country United Kingdom
endPoint near Prestatyn, Denbighshire
follows England–Wales border
Offa's Dyke self-linksurface differs
hasNearbySettlement Chepstow
Knighton
Montgomery
Oswestry
Prestatyn
Ruabon
hasPart Offa's Dyke Path (sections)
surface form: Offa's Dyke Path

bank
ditch
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument in England
Scheduled Monument in Wales
inception 8th century
length about 150 miles
about 240 kilometres
locatedIn England
Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cheshire
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gloucestershire
Herefordshire
Monmouthshire
Powys
Shropshire
Wrexham County Borough
locatedOnTerrainFeature Welsh Marches
materialUsed earth
namedAfter Offa of Mercia
partiallyCoincidesWith modern England–Wales border
partlyOverlaps Wat's Dyke
purpose defensive earthwork
territorial boundary
significantEvent construction under King Offa of Mercia
significantFor Anglo-Welsh history
medieval frontier studies
significantPeriod Early Middle Ages
startPoint near Sedbury, Gloucestershire
studiedBy archaeologists
topographicFeature bank on the English side with ditch on the Welsh side

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercia notableStructure Offa's Dyke
England–Wales border hasFeature Offa's Dyke
Welsh Marches notableFeature Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke
Offa of Mercia notableWork Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke
Offa of Mercia commissioned Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke
Offa's Dyke follows Offa's Dyke self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Offa's Dyke Path
Knighton locatedOn Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke
Hergest Ridge crossedBy Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa's Dyke Path
Clwydian Range contains Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa's Dyke Path
Lydbrook hasWalkingRoute Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa's Dyke Path (nearby)
Bodfari–Prestatyn section partOf Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke National Trail
Kington–Knighton section partOf Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke National Trail
Monmouth–Pandy section partOf Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke National Trail
Montgomery–Llanymynech section follows Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke
Llanymynech–Chirk Mill section hasHeritage Offa's Dyke
this entity surface form: Offa’s Dyke