Difference between revisions of "Template:FP-Offa's Dyke"
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| − | |text=Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork running north-south in a line once perhaps | + | |text='''Offa's Dyke''' is a massive linear earthwork running north-south in a line once perhaps a hundred and fifty miles, roughly followed the boundary between England with Wales, which it was designed during the Dark Ages to mark border. In places, it is up to sixty-five feet wide (including its flanking ditch) and eight feet high. |
| − | The work is a defensive earthwork, consisting of a classic bank and ditch | + | The work is a defensive earthwork, consisting of a classic bank and ditch, created in the eighth century to form a delineation between the kingdoms of Mercia and Powys and it is attributed to King Offa, under whom Mercia reached the pinnacle of its power.}}<noinclude>{{Preview FP}} |
[[Category:Front Page data templates|Offa's Dyke]] | [[Category:Front Page data templates|Offa's Dyke]] | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 23 January 2018
Offa's DykeOffa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork running north-south in a line once perhaps a hundred and fifty miles, roughly followed the boundary between England with Wales, which it was designed during the Dark Ages to mark border. In places, it is up to sixty-five feet wide (including its flanking ditch) and eight feet high. The work is a defensive earthwork, consisting of a classic bank and ditch, created in the eighth century to form a delineation between the kingdoms of Mercia and Powys and it is attributed to King Offa, under whom Mercia reached the pinnacle of its power. (Read more) |
