Wat's Dyke
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Wat's Dyke is an early medieval linear earthwork running roughly parallel to the England–Wales border, thought to have served as a defensive or territorial boundary.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early medieval monument
ⓘ
linear earthwork ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | earth ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | England–Wales border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
excavated sections
ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
defensive boundary
ⓘ
territorial boundary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bank
ⓘ
ditch ⓘ |
| hasSection | Wat's Dyke Country Park section NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled Monument (UK) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| isLongerThan | many local boundary dykes in the region ⓘ |
| isParallelTo | Offa's Dyke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isShorterThan | Offa's Dyke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| likelyDateRange | 8th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wat (uncertain historical figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Chirk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mold NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswestry NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruabon NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrexham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| parallelTo | River Dee (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyDestroyedBy |
agricultural activity
ⓘ
urban development ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Cheshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denbighshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Flintshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrexham County Borough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purposeHypothesis |
demarcation of political authority
ⓘ
frontier control ⓘ military defense ⓘ |
| separates |
Mercia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Welsh kingdoms ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological research
ⓘ
historical debate ⓘ |
| topographicalPosition | east of Offa's Dyke (for most of its length) ⓘ |
| tourism | walking route ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.