Offa's Dyke

earthwork · 640 AD – 2100 AD

Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork of the eighth century that formed a boundary between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys.

Coordinates

52.34400, -3.04900

Also known as

Clawdd Offa (cy), Clawdd Offa (cy)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC-BY (NLS): Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC-BY (NLS): Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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