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Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge is a linear earthwork of Early Medieval date, forming part of the celebrated frontier monument constructed during the reign of King Offa of Mercia in the late eighth century. This section, located in Denbighshire in the Welsh borderlands, comprises a substantial bank and ditch configuration typical of the dyke's engineering, designed to demarcate territorial control and regulate movement between the English and Welsh sides of the border. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork that remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Early Medieval political boundaries and the considerable resources invested in this ambitious engineering project. Like other portions of Offa's Dyke, this section near Tatham Bridge represents one of the most substantial linear monuments of the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain.
Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE141. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge is a linear earthwork of Early Medieval date, forming part of the celebrated frontier monument constructed during the reign of King Offa of Mercia in the late eighth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE141.
Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge 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 SW from Tatham Bridge 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 DE141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A 1.43km length of the Ellesmere Canal and associated features at Chirk Bank (6.5 km), Motte castle adjacent to Oaklands Hall, Chirk Bank (6.5 km), Roman military site at Rhyn Park (6.6 km).
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