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Wat's Dyke is a linear earthwork and scheduled monument in Shropshire that forms part of an extensive defensive system constructed during the Early Medieval period. This particular 110-metre section, located approximately 620 metres south-east of Henlle Home Farm, represents a surviving segment of a dyke that originally extended for many miles across the Welsh borderlands. The earthwork typically comprises a substantial bank with an associated ditch, characteristics typical of eighth-century frontier works constructed to regulate movement and assert territorial control. As a component of the broader Wat's Dyke system, this section contributes to understanding Early Medieval border definition and the military architecture of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Wat's Dyke: 110m long section, 620m south east of Henlle Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020561. View the official record →
Wat's Dyke is a linear earthwork and scheduled monument in Shropshire that forms part of an extensive defensive system constructed during the Early Medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020561.
Wat's Dyke: 110m long section, 620m south east of Henlle Home Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020561.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle at Hisland (7.4 km), Wat's Dyke, 380m long section, immediately east of the Sewage Works (7.6 km), Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, N of Pentre-Shannel (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wat's Dyke: 110m long section, 620m south east of Henlle Home Farm'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.
Wat's Dyke: 110m long section, 620m south east of Henlle Home Farm stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.