Lectionary Calendar
Friday, April 26th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Encyclopedias
Offa's Dyke
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
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.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
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.
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.
