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Offa's Dyke is a substantial linear earthwork that forms part of the eighth-century frontier defence system constructed under the direction of King Offa of Mercia, likely during the latter decades of the eighth century. This section, situated west of Wyegate Barn in Gloucestershire, preserves the characteristic form of the dyke as a prominent bank with an accompanying ditch, representing a significant engineering undertaking that would have served to demarcate territorial boundaries and control movement along the Welsh-English frontier. The monument exemplifies the scale and ambition of Mercian political authority during the Anglo-Saxon period and remains one of the most substantial surviving linear earthworks in Britain.
Offa's Dyke: section 470m west of Wyegate Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020484. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke is a substantial linear earthwork that forms part of the eighth-century frontier defence system constructed under the direction of King Offa of Mercia, likely during the latter decades of the eighth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020484.
Offa's Dyke: section 470m west of Wyegate Barn 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 1020484.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackcliff Wood Limekiln (8.3 km), Offa's Dyke: section in Danehill Wood, 300m west of East Vaga (8.4 km), Gaer Hill Camp, Penterry (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Offa's Dyke: section 470m west of Wyegate Barn'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 470m west of Wyegate Barn stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.