Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Offa's Dyke: Section E of Trelawnyd
Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, recorded as Linear Earthwork (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Linear Earthwork
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.30339, -3.35389
- SAM number
- FL122
- Cadw record number
- 3808
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesNational Library of ScotlandNational Library of Scotland
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)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of three lengths of a dyke or boundary monument, measuring approximately 80 metres, 180 metres and 100 metres in length. Formerly identified as Offa's Dyke, this stretch forms part of what is now referred to as the Whitford Dyke. Dykes are a defensive boundary or earthwork, dating to the later prehistoric/medieval period. Excavation shows that this stretch consisted of a bank flanked by ditches on either side.
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 linear earthwork may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pentre Mawr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn and stable at Graig Arthur FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Graig Arthur FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Orchard walls at Graig Arthur FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.