Offa's Dyke: section immediately south of Coxbury Farm

Scheduled area

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History & significance

Offa's Dyke in the section immediately south of Coxbury Farm is a linear earthwork forming part of the celebrated eighth-century boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and Wales. This stretch of the monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch, characteristic of the wider dyke system commissioned by King Offa during the late eighth century, likely between approximately 760 and 796 AD. The earthwork at this location exemplifies the engineering scale of the project, which extended for over 150 kilometres along the Anglo-Welsh frontier. The Coxbury Farm section preserves significant portions of the original dyke structure, demonstrating the monument's continued archaeological and historical importance as evidence of early medieval territorial demarcation and frontier management in the Welsh Marches.

Offa's Dyke: section immediately south of Coxbury Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020481. View the official record →

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