| HER Number (PRN): | 33558 |
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| Name: | Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, N of Pentre-Shannel |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1003019: Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, N of Pentre-Shannel |
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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: A well preserved section of Offa's Dyke, the 8th century Mercian boundary bank.
| Parish: | Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 25647 28011 |
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Related records
| 01000 | Part of: Offa's Dyke (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Bank partly in field, partly in hedgerow is 2.4m high to W and 1.8m high to E. pasture. <1>
This section of Offa's Dyke is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. <2><2a>
Sources
| [01] | SSA29734 - Scheduled Monument notification: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1970-Apr-22. Scheduled Monument Notification SA239 Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, N of Pentre-Shannel. Salop 239. |
| [02a] | SSA31561 - Vertical aerial photograph: Historic England / RAF. c.1946-1955. NRHE: RAF Aerial Photographs held by Historic England Archive. Black and white. RAF 541/214 3232-3 08-DEC-1948; RAF 543/1475 (F22) 273-4 13-OCT-1961. |
| [02] | SSA31570 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 1993-1994. NRHE: RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. MU.445.19. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 14 2021 12:14PM |
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