| HER Number (PRN): | 08409 |
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| Name: | Offa's Dyke: postulated section along western side of Llanymynech hillfort |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1004781: Title not entered |
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Monument Type(s):
- BOUNDARY BANK (Early Saxon to Mid Saxon - 410 AD to 800 AD)
- DYKE (DEFENCE) (Early Saxon to Mid Saxon - 410 AD to 800 AD)
- FRONTIER DEFENCE (Early Saxon to Mid Saxon - 410 AD to 800 AD)
Summary
Scheduled Monument: The north western ramparts of Llanymynech hillfort, one of the largest Iron Age hillforts in Britain, which it has been suggested may have been reused as part of Offa's Dyke.
| Parish: | Llanymynech and Pant, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 2626 2229 |
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Related records
| 01117 | Part of: Llanymynech Hillfort (Monument) |
| 01000 | Part of: Offa's Dyke (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA5650 - 2004 assessment in connection with the Llanymynech Heritage Area Development Project by CPAT
Description
It has been suggested that the western defences of the hillfort may have been adopted as part of Offa’s Dyke, the 8th century linear earthwork which defined the boundary of the kingdom of Mercia. The precise course of the dyke through Llanymynech is unknown although further to the south, around Four Crosses, it survives as an impressive earthwork <1>
<01> Jones N W, 2004, Llanymynech Heritage Area: archaeological survey, p31 (Archaeological fieldwork report). SSA21394.
Sources
| [01] | SSA21394 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Jones N W. 2004. Llanymynech Heritage Area: archaeological survey. CPAT Rep. 618. p31. |
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 17 2012 10:39AM |
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