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Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork forming part of the extensive frontier defence constructed in the eighth century under the direction of King Offa of Mercia. This section, extending approximately 200 metres southward to Pool House at Rhos-y-Meirch in Radnorshire, preserves a characteristic portion of the dyke's physical form as a substantial bank with associated ditch. The monument represents the Early Medieval period and demonstrates the scale of Offa's ambitious boundary works, which stretched across the Welsh Marches to demarcate Mercian territorial control and authority. This particular section remains archaeologically significant as evidence of the dyke's construction technique and its role as a major political and defensive structure of eighth-century Anglo-Saxon England.
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD018. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork forming part of the extensive frontier defence constructed in the eighth century under the direction of King Offa of Mercia. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD018.
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch dates from the early medieval period, and is classified as a linear earthwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch 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 RD018.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: Section from Ditchyeld Bridge to County Boundary (9.1 km), Womaston Castle Mound (9.2 km), Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four Stones (9.3 km).
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