Excavating the CA archives – Offa's Dyke - Current Archaeology

Excavating the CA archives – Offa's Dyke - Current Archaeology

In 1978, Current Archaeology arrived on the scene of works begun six years prior by Manchester University, which surveyed Offa’s Dyke and neighbouring Wat’s Dyke. My column this month is on one of the least-known ‘great sites’ of all: Offa’s Dyke, the linear earthwork that stretches along the Welsh/English border. Most people know Hadrian’s Wall, and a fair few the Antonine Wall, but how many of us can say that we are familiar with Offa’s Dyke, …