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Archaeological sites · North Wales

Wat's Dyke

In or near Chirk.

Wat's Dyke — linear earthwork in Wales and England.

Wat's Dyke

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Wat's Dyke is a archaeological in north. (Linear earthwork in Wales and England.) Wikipedia notes: "Wat's Dyke is a 40-mile (64 km) linear earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey on the River Dee estuary, passing east of Oswestry and on to Maesbury in Shropshire, England. It runs generally parallel to Offa's Dyke, sometimes within a few yards but never more than three miles (5 km) away.". Coordinates 52.9867°, -3.0286°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
52.9867, -3.0286

Sources

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