Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Clawdd Offa
Northop, Flintshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Northop, Flintshire, recorded as Linear Earthwork (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Linear Earthwork
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 1 October 1949
- Community
- Northop
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.19451, -3.13421
- SAM number
- FL084
- Cadw record number
- 2839
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a length of Offa’s Dyke, a presumed 8th century AD defensive bank and ditch. It consists of a stretch of bank, with a ditch on the western side. A counterscarp (raised bank) may be visible on the west side of the ditch in places.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of early medieval defensive organisation and settlement. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A dyke may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can be further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and the areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Coach-house Range at Soughton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable Block at Soughton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Game Larder to W of Soughton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden Walls, Corner Turrets, Gates and Gate Piers at Soughton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.