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Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section is a linear earthwork forming part of the extensive defensive and territorial boundary constructed in the late eighth century under the direction of King Offa of Mercia. This section of the dyke, located in Wales, comprises an earth bank and ditch arrangement typical of the monument's construction across its approximately 150-mile length. The earthwork marks the frontier between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdoms, serving both as a practical barrier and a statement of political authority. The Pentre Section represents the survival of this Early Medieval engineering achievement and remains significant as evidence of late eighth-century border management and landscape organisation in the Welsh-English borderland.
Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG153. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section is a linear earthwork forming part of the extensive defensive and territorial boundary constructed in the late eighth century under the direction of King Offa of Mercia. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG153.
Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section dates from the early medieval period, and is classified as a linear earthwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MG153.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road (8.7 km), Montgomery Castle (9.4 km), Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales (9.5 km).
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