Offa's Dyke

E183000

archaeological site earthwork linear earthwork long-distance footpath scheduled monument

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Offa’s Dyke	6
Offa's Dyke canonical	5
Offa’s Dyke National Trail	3
Offa's Dyke Path	2
Offa's Dyke Path (nearby)	1

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 ⓘ

Offa's Dyke Path (sections) → follows → 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

north-east Wales → hasHeritageFeature → Offa's Dyke ⓘ

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