Offas Dyke

Author : David Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke written by David Hill and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a detailed description and analysis of Offa's Dyke that is set against the background of the political and social context of the kingdom of Mercia, over which King Offa ruled from 757 to 796. This book offers a fresh interpretation of the Dyke's line, length and purpose. It is suitable for academics, amateur historians and archaeologists.

Author : Ian Coulthard
Publisher : Sigma Press
ISBN 13 : 9781850587262
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke Circular Walks written by Ian Coulthard and published by Sigma Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith Ray
Publisher : Windgather Press
ISBN 13 : 1909686190
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke written by Keith Ray and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massive ancient earthwork that provides the sole commemoration of an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon king and that gives its name to one of our most popular contemporary national walking trails remains an enigma. Despite over a century of study, we still do not fully understand how or why Britain's largest linear monument was built, and in recent years, the views of those who have studied the Dyke have diverged even as to such basic questions as its physical extent and date of construction. This book provides a fresh perspective on the creation of Offa's Dyke arising from over a decade of study and of conservation practice by its two authors. It also provides a new appreciation of the specifically Mercian and English political context of its construction. The authors first summarise what is known about the Dyke from archaeology and history and review the debates surrounding its form and purpose. They then set out a systematic approach to understanding the design and construction of the massive linear bank and ditch that has come to stand proxy for the Anglo-Welsh border. What can currently be deduced about the build qualities of the Dyke are then summarised from the authors' recent (and newly intricate) study of details of its localised form and construction and its landscape setting. The authors meanwhile also explain Offa's Dyke as an instrument of late 8th-century Mercian statecraft and the imperial ambitions of Offa himself.

Author : Jim Saunders
Publisher : Gomer Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke written by Jim Saunders and published by Gomer Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive book on Offa's Dyke for over 50 years. It is attractively produced with lots of colour illustrations and maps, and will be of great interest to a wide range of historians, archaeologists and general readers. The author Keith Ray is a highly experienced archaeologist, specialising in Prehistory.

Author : Tony Gowers
Publisher : Aurum Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781781315774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke Path written by Tony Gowers and published by Aurum Press Limited. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offa's Dyke Path (Gogledd Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is the 177-mile National Trail following the ancient earthwork that criss-crosses the border country of modern England and Wales, from the Severn Estuary to the seaside resort of Prestatyn on the Irish Sea. This is the complete, official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book. It contains: * the route split into convenient sections * Ordnance Survery mapping for the entire route * comprehensive, up-to-date information on public transport, accommodation and places of interest * background information on everything from archaeology to wildlife * lavishly illustrated with colour photography throughout

Author : Keith Ray
Publisher : Windgather Press
ISBN 13 : 1909686212
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke written by Keith Ray and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massive ancient earthwork that provides the sole commemoration of an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon king and that gives its name to one of our most popular contemporary national walking trails remains an enigma. Despite over a century of study, we still do not fully understand how or why Britain's largest linear monument was built, and in recent years, the views of those who have studied the Dyke have diverged even as to such basic questions as its physical extent and date of construction. This book provides a fresh perspective on the creation of Offa's Dyke arising from over a decade of study and of conservation practice by its two authors. It also provides a new appreciation of the specifically Mercian and English political context of its construction. The authors first summarise what is known about the Dyke from archaeology and history and review the debates surrounding its form and purpose. They then set out a systematic approach to understanding the design and construction of the massive linear bank and ditch that has come to stand proxy for the Anglo-Welsh border. What can currently be deduced about the build qualities of the Dyke are then summarised from the authors' recent (and newly intricate) study of details of its localised form and construction and its landscape setting. The authors meanwhile also explain Offa's Dyke as an instrument of late 8th-century Mercian statecraft and the imperial ambitions of Offa himself.

Author : Mike Dunn
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 1783622989
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke Path written by Mike Dunn and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook - which includes both a guide to the route and a separate OS map booklet - describes Offa's Dyke Path National Trail from south to north, following the longest linear earthwork in Britain, running 177 miles along the English-Welsh border between Sedbury (near Chepstow) and Prestatyn on the north Wales Coast. The book splits one of Britain's classic trails into 12 stages suitable for walkers of all abilities. Step-by-step route descriptions are accompanied by 1:100,000 OS map extracts. Also included with this guidebook is a booklet of 1:25,000 OS maps, which provides all the mapping needed to complete the trail in a compact form. A trek planner gives at a glance information about facilities, public transport and accommodation available along the route. The walk is astonishingly varied, taking in the lower Wye gorge, the Severn and the Dee rift valley, the pastures and woodlands of the border country, the remote moorland of the Black Mountains and the Clwydian range, and the dramatic limestone escarpments of Eglwyseg mountain. What makes it even more special is over 60 miles walking alongside the Saxon earthwork of Offa's Dyke.

Author : Tony Gowers
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781318085
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke Path written by Tony Gowers and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offa's Dyke Path (Gogledd Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is the 177-mile National Trail following the ancient earthwork that criss-crosses the border country of modern England and Wales, from the Severn Estuary to the seaside resort of Prestatyn on the Irish Sea. This is the complete, official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book. It contains: * the route split into convenient sections * Ordnance Survery mapping for the entire route * comprehensive, up-to-date information on public transport, accommodation and places of interest * background information on everything from archaeology to wildlife * lavishly illustrated with colour photography throughout

Author : Mike Dunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Offa's Dyke Map Booklet written by Mike Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Map of the 177-mile (283km) Offa's Dyke Path National Trail, between Sedbury (nr Chepstow) and Prestatyn. The trail takes a fortnight to walk, and is suitable for walkers at all levels of experience. This compact booklet of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps shows the full route, providing all of the mapping you need to complete the trail.

Author : Susan Mayse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995030947
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awen written by Susan Mayse and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long after Arthur lay in a rain-washed grave, long after the legends faded from memory, a new generation defended an old border. White town in the breast of the wood, this forever is its wealth: blood on the face of the grass. In a dangerous era, an enigmatic poem portrayed a war fugitive wandering her ruined kingdom; an earthen wall transformed enemies into uneasy allies; and a man with a famous name wrote an ambiguous inscription on a memorial stone. All three survived twelve centuries as fragments of a nearly forgotten world. Awen imagines the origins of the ninth-century Welsh poetry cycle Canu Heledd and restores the breath of life to a brilliant poet in a dark time.