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Photographs of this site, a moat around a flat island probably dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is overgrown with trees and only accessible by public footpath round 3/4 of the oval moat structure. There is also an inner moat that is not…

A black and white holiday photograph taken by my father in 1980 of me and my mother at Offa's dyke.

Several photographs of the remains of the earthworks/defences commonly termed Offa's Dyke. These were taken south of Selattyn, just north of the B4580 near Oswestry. Asser mentions a dyke that ran from 'sea to sea' at the time of Offa, but modertn…

The Battle of Edington is believed to have taken place near Trowbridge, Wiltshire in 878. Alfred of Wessex successfully repelled a group of Danes, led by Guthrum the Old. This is a series of images of the present-day site of the battlefield.