| HER Number (PRN): | 35469 |
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| Name: | Offa's Dyke: section 220yds (200m) long, N from Royal Oak Inn, Treflach Wood |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1004768: Offa's Dyke: section 220yds (200m) long, N from Royal Oak Inn, Treflach Wood |
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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 25935 25616 |
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Related records
| 01000 | Part of: Offa's Dyke (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Section of Offa's Dyke [Old County number scheduling - nothing further held]. <1>
Line marked on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map. <2>
The section of Offa's Dyke described in this record is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. <3><3a>
Sources
| [01] | SSA24753 - Online database: Historic England (Designation). National Heritage List for England (NHLE). https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1004768. |
| [02] | SSA20952 - Map: Ordnance Survey. c1899-1903. OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset. OS County Series. |
| [03a] | SSA31561 - Vertical aerial photograph: Historic England / RAF. c.1946-1955. NRHE: RAF Aerial Photographs held by Historic England Archive. Black and white. RAF CPE/UK/2492 3158-9 11-MAR-1948. |
| [03] | SSA31570 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 1993-1994. NRHE: RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. MU.446.1. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 14 2021 12:39PM |
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