| HER Number (PRN): | 35685 |
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| Name: | Earthwork remains of Offa's Dyke, W of Treflach |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
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
A fragmentary linear earthwork, representing a section of Offa's Dyke, is visible as a slight earthwork on aerial photographs. This part of the Early Medieval earthwork appears to have been damaged by adjacent quarrying and housing development.
| Parish: | Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 25837 25232 |
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Related records
| 01000 | Part of: Offa's Dyke (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
SJ 2585 2522. A fragmentary linear earthwork 450m long, representing a section of Offa's Dyke, is visible as a slight earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped by RCHME's Marches Uplands Mapping Project. This part of the Early Medieval earthwork appears to have been damaged by adjacent quarrying and housing development. <1><1a>
Sources
| [01a] | 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. |
| [01] | SSA31570 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 1993-1994. NRHE: RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. MU.446.1. |
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 2 2021 4:06PM |
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