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Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood is an early medieval linear earthwork that forms part of the longest frontier work surviving from the Anglo-Saxon period. Built in the late eighth century, the dyke marks a territorial boundary between the Kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdoms to the west. This particular section, preserved and protected by Cadw, extends between North Lodge in Leighton Park and an old quarry south of Green Wood, where it traverses the undifferentiated Ludlow Rocks that underlie the landscape here. The bedrock of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, formed during the Ludlow period of the Silurian, would have provided material for construction and presented distinct engineering challenges.
The earthwork consists of a substantial bank and ditch running along the contours of this area, its alignment determined both by topography and defensive strategy. The precise engineering of Offa's Dyke across such varied geology demonstrates the considerable organisational resources of the Mercian kingdom. This stretch of the monument remains visible as a linear landscape feature, providing important evidence of early medieval territorial control and land management.
Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG035. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood is an early medieval linear earthwork that forms part of the longest frontier work surviving from the Anglo-Saxon period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG035.
Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood 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: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood 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 MG035.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales (7.1 km), Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement (7.8 km), Calcot Camp (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood'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 from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.