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Offa's DykeOffa's Dyke is a massive earthwork between England and Wales, running from the estuary of the River Dee[?] in the north to the River Wye in the south.The earthwork is widely attributed to Offa, King of Mercia in the 8th century. At the time it was used it as a defensive measure against the depredations of the Welsh and as a boundary between England and Wales. It isn't known to what extent Offa was indeed responsible for building the dyke - important parts of it may date from earlier periods. We
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