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Offa's Dyke

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An entrenchment and rampart between England and Wales, 100 m. long, extending from Flintshire as far as the mouth of the Wye; said to have been thrown up by Offa, king of Mercia, about the year 780, to confine the marauding Welsh within their own territory.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Offa's Dyke'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/offas-dyke.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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