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Wat's Dyke is a Early Medieval linear earthwork forming part of a substantial defensive or boundary construction extending across the Welsh-English borderlands. This section, preserved within and adjacent to Erddig Park near Wrexham in Denbighshire, consists of a substantial bank with an associated ditch, characteristics typical of seventh-century construction during the period of Anglo-Saxon territorial expansion. The dyke runs broadly north-south across the landscape and represents part of a wider system of linear earthworks that defined territorial limits in this strategically significant frontier region. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, this section remains an important physical witness to early medieval political geography and the mechanisms by which Anglo-Saxon kingdoms asserted control over the Welsh borderlands.
Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Erddig Park to Middle Sontley is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE152. View the official record →
Wat's Dyke is a Early Medieval linear earthwork forming part of a substantial defensive or boundary construction extending across the Welsh-English borderlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE152.
Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Erddig Park to Middle Sontley 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.
Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Erddig Park to Middle Sontley 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 DE152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wynnstay Colliery Winding Engine House (5.1 km), Offa's Dyke: Section N of Home Farm (5.3 km), Darland Wood Round Barrows (5.9 km).
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