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Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork monument constructed during the late 8th century under the direction of Offa, King of Mercia, and represents one of the most substantial defensive or territorial boundaries of Anglo-Saxon England. This section east of Stowfield Farm in Gloucestershire forms part of the extensive dyke system that once extended for approximately 150 kilometres along the Welsh border. The monument here comprises a bank and ditch formation characteristic of the dyke's construction, serving to demarcate the frontier between Mercia and the Welsh kingdoms. The section remains substantially visible as an earthwork despite later land use and represents an important archaeological record of Anglo-Saxon frontier management and territorial control.
Offa's Dyke: section 420m east of Stowfield Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020469. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork monument constructed during the late 8th century under the direction of Offa, King of Mercia, and represents one of the most substantial defensive or territorial boundaries of Anglo-Saxon England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020469.
Offa's Dyke: section 420m east of Stowfield Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020469.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitecliff Iron Works (7.4 km), Dark Hill iron works and brickworks complex and Bear 220m south and 200m south east of Yew Tree Cottage (8.3 km), Titanic Steel Works 230m south west of Yew Tree Cottage (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Offa's Dyke: section 420m east of Stowfield Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Offa's Dyke: section 420m east of Stowfield Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.