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Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section is an early medieval linear earthwork that forms part of the extensive frontier running between England and Wales. This section stands upon bedrock of Warwickshire Group, a geological formation from the Early Permian period dominated by siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone, which would have shaped both the construction methods and the earthwork's subsequent stability. The dyke's route through this landscape reflects medieval political boundaries and territorial organisation during the Anglo-Saxon period. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage agency, under reference DE142, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of early medieval engineering and cross-border demarcation. The Y Gardden Camp section preserves part of this remarkable linear monument, which stretched for many miles across the Welsh–English border, serving as a substantial physical manifestation of power and control during a formative period of Welsh and English history.
Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE142. View the official record →
Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section is an early medieval linear earthwork that forms part of the extensive frontier running between England and Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE142.
Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section 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: Y Gardden Camp Section 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 DE142.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: Chirk Park Section extending 340m NE of Home Farm (6.8 km), Castell y Waun Castle Mound (7 km), The Holyhead Road: the Chirk Embankment and earlier trackways (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section'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: Y Gardden Camp Section stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.