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Offa's Dyke

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Nov 01, 2017 02:45 PM — History

Offa's Dyke is a linear earthwork of the eighth century that formed a boundary between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/56616072

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
52.344, -3.049

Locations:

Imagery location of Offa's Dyke (AD 640 - AD 1453)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Clawdd Offa (Welsh, modern)

Offa's Dyke makes connections with:

None

Offa's Dyke receives connections from:

None

Place type:
earthwork

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Elizabeth Robinson, 'Offa's Dyke: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/56616072> [accessed: 03 March 2021]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/56616072 |title=Places: 56616072 (Offa's Dyke) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 3, 2021 1:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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