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Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork of eighth-century date forming part of the extensive defensive frontier constructed under King Offa of Mercia, likely between the 760s and 790s AD. This section near Stowfield Farm in Gloucestershire comprises a substantial bank and ditch aligned to demarcate the boundary between English and Welsh territories along the River Wye valley. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork substantially intact across its 650-metre length, demonstrating the engineering scale of this major undertaking. The dyke served both as a symbolic assertion of Mercian power and as a practical impediment to movement between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wales during the early medieval period.
Offa's Dyke: section 650m south west of Stowfield Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020475. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork of eighth-century date forming part of the extensive defensive frontier constructed under King Offa of Mercia, likely between the 760s and 790s AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020475.
Offa's Dyke: section 650m south west 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 1020475.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Titanic Steel Works 230m south west of Yew Tree Cottage (7.9 km), Dark Hill iron works and brickworks complex and Bear 220m south and 200m south east of Yew Tree Cottage (7.9 km), Cross in All Saints' churchyard (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Offa's Dyke: section 650m south west 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 650m south west 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.