Walk your doggie – on Offa’s Dyke

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Searching through things to find citations of Rob Dingle (Powys County Council’s National Trails Officer for Offa’s Dyke), I found this

https://www.yourdog.co.uk/regional-guides/offa-s-dyke-path

And that he had been on the BBC’s Country File

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/9036787.bbcs-countryfile-visits-offas-dyke-path/

So we will have to take ArchaeoDog (Dougal) and take up the challenge, following the same walk.

Archaeo-Dog Dougal
Dougal helping me with archaeology

Or we could start from the Offa’s Dyke Centre and go from there.
Here’s one of the Outreach visits that helped make the film

Outreach at The Offa’s Dyke Centre – Knighton, Powys

Citations:

Inner Earth Soaps (no date) Bloglovin’. Available at: https://frame.bloglovin.com/ (Accessed: 21 February 2025).
CCAG (2018) ‘The Chestnut Community Action Group.’ Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Bassett, T. (2018) Tanya Bassett, CCAG. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Roxby-Mackey, M. (2018) Melanie Roxby-Mackey, Archaeologist, CCAG, ARA, Offa’s Dyke Association. Available at: archaeoborders.wordpress.com.
Squires, J. (2018) Joy Squires, CCAG. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Mackey, I. (2018) Ian Mackey, Archaeological Outreach, CCAG, ARA, Offa’s Dyke Association. Available at: https://linktr.ee/iwm21.
Fowler, G. (2018) Graham Fowler, Worcester Canal Group.
Squires, G. (2018) George Squires, CCAG. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Harker, C. (2018) Clare Harker, ARA. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/ara/.
Whitelaw, R. (2023) ‘Arboretum Residents’ Association (ARA)’.
Fowler, G. (2023) ‘The Worcester Canal Group’.
Whitelaw, R. (2018) Bob Whitelaw, ARA. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/ara/.
Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P. (2012) Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. Thames & Hudson.
Rencontre assyriologique internationale, Kogan, L.E. and Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ gumanitarnyĭ universitet (2010) City Administration in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 53e Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Vol. 2. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns. Available at: http://site.ebrary.com/id/10495955 (Accessed: 27 July 2016).
Reilly, P. and Rahtz, S. (1992) Archaeology and the information age. A global perspective. Routledge. London: Routledge.
Recording Archaeology (2016) The “Arty” Way - Dutch Approach to the Presentation of Archaeological Heritage. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorjsWARe0U&list=TLGG-03FF-7AGnIzMTEwMjAxNg (Accessed: 31 October 2016).
Purbrick, L., Aulich, J. and Dawson, G. (eds) (2007) Contested Spaces: Sites, Representations and Histories of Conflict. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: AIAA.
Price, F.G.H. (1881) ‘Camps on the Malvern Hills.’, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 10, pp. 319–331. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2841529.
Hodder, I. and Cessford, C. (2004) ‘Daily Practice and Social Memory at Çatalhöyük’, American Antiquity, 69(1), pp. 17–40. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/4128346.
Gronow, A. (2006) ‘Book Review : Social Theory and Human Reality’, European Journal of Social Theory, 9(2), pp. 300–303. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431006063592.
Grinsell, L. (2016) ‘Carrying flint cores to Mendip’, Lithics–The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society, (6), p. 15. Available at: http://journal.lithics.org/index.php/lithics/article/download/651/636 (Accessed: 18 November 2016).
Gillings, M. (2012) ‘Landscape Phenomenology, GIS and the Role of Affordance’, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 19(4), pp. 601–611. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-012-9137-4.
Fleming, A. (2006) ‘Post-processual Landscape Archaeology: a Critique’, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 16(03), pp. 267–280. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774306000163.
Bevan, A. and Conolly, J. (2012) ‘Intensive Survey Data from Antikythera, Greece’, Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 1(0). Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/4f3bcb3f7f21d.
Barnes, I. (2003) ‘Aerial remote-sensing techniques used in the management of archaeological monuments on the British Army’s Salisbury Plain Training Area, Wiltshire, UK’, Archaeological Prospection, 10(2), pp. 83–90. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.197.
Armstrong, K., Darvill, T. and Cheetham, P. (2009) ‘Archaeological geophysical prospection in peatland environments: Case studies and suggestions for future practice’, ArcheoSciences. Revue d’archéométrie, (33 (suppl.)), pp. 251–253. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.1646.
Abate, D. and David, M. (2015) ‘Out of the archaeologist’s desk drawer: communicating archaeological data online’, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, II(5), pp. 1–7. Available at: https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxyd.bham.ac.uk/10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-1-2015.
Low, S.M. (ed.) (2003) The Anthropology of Space and Place: Locating Culture. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Llobera, M. (2012) ‘Life on a Pixel: Challenges in the Development of Digital Methods Within an “Interpretive” Landscape Archaeology Framework’, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 19(4), pp. 495–509. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-012-9139-2.
Richards-Rissetto, H. et al. (2012) ‘Kinect and 3D GIS in archaeology’, in 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM). 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), pp. 331–337. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365942.
Dore, C. and Murphy, M. (2012) ‘Integration of Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) and 3D GIS for recording and managing cultural heritage sites’, in 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM). 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), pp. 369–376. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365947.
Default Goo Project (2015) Goo Create. Available at: http://goote.ch/3a039651d2ea4e309bb32dc0578c12aa.project.
Barazzetti, L. et al. (2011) ‘Photogrammetric survey of complex geometries with low-cost software: Application to the ‘G1′ temple in Myson, Vietnam’, Journal of Cultural Heritage, 12(3), pp. 253–262. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2010.12.004.
Berndt, R. et al. (2010) ‘A publishing workflow for cultural heritage artifacts from 3D-reconstruction to Internet presentation’, in Digital Heritage. Third International Conference, EuroMed 2010 Lemessos, Cyprus, November 8-13, 2010 Proceedings. Euromed, Lemessos, Cyprus: Marinos Ioannides, Dieter Fellner, Andreas Georgopoulos, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis (eds.), pp. 166–178. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16873-4_13.
Balletti, C. et al. (2014) ‘Calibration of Action Cameras for Photogrammetric Purposes’, Sensors, 14(9), pp. 17471–17490. Available at: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/9/17471/htm.
Skala, V., Pan, R. and Nedved, O. (2014) Making 3D replicas using a flatbed scanner and a 3D printer. Translated by Associacao Portuguesa de Investigacao Operacional; Kyushu Sangyo University (KSU); Monash University; Universidade do Minho; University of Basilicata; University of Perugia. Guimaraes: Springer Verlag (14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2014). Available at: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904860589&partnerID=40&md5=ac59dff921ecd4295652cf7364c3a880.
(spreadshirt) (2024) See us Live, Beltane Border Morris. Available at: https://www.beltaneborder.co.uk/seeuslive (Accessed: 25 October 2024).
(Arcane Alchemy) (2020) The Pagan Origins of Wassailing, Arcane Alchemy. Available at: http://www.arcane-alchemy.com/blog/2020/12/21/the-pagan-origins-of-wassailing (Accessed: 25 October 2024).
(Druidry .org) (2023) ‘Samhain / Samhuinn - Rituals & Traditions | Halloween | OBOD’, 1 November. Available at: https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/samhain-festival (Accessed: 27 October 2024).
(Norse Imports) (2024) Norse Calendar & Pagan Holidays Wheel of the Year Explained with Sourc. Available at: https://norseimports.com/blogs/news/norse-calendar-pagan-holidays-wheel-of-the-year-explained (Accessed: 26 October 2024).
(Worcester News) (2024) ‘Controversial 92-home plan rejected by council’, Worcester News, 18 October. Available at: https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24657057.92-home-plan-stocks-lane-newland-rejected-council/ (Accessed: 20 October 2024).
(Worcester News) (2024) Dig into Worcestershire’s history for Archaeology Day 2024, Worcester News. Available at: https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24657354.dig-worcestershires-history-archaeology-day-2024/ (Accessed: 20 October 2024).
Actionbound - digital tour (2016). Available at: https://en.actionbound.com/bound/iwm21 (Accessed: 4 August 2016).
Actionbound – Create your own scavenger hunt for mobile devices – GPS treasure hunt app – iPad rally – Tablet tour (2016). Available at: https://en.actionbound.com/create/iwm21 (Accessed: 2 September 2016).
‘Charities and groups we support’ (2020) CCAG Worcester, 17 March. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/about-us/charities-we-support/ (Accessed: 7 February 2025).
aerial photos of worcestershire - Google Search (no date). Available at: https://www.google.com/search?q=aerial+photos+of+worcestershire&sca_esv=6c5b8bb7f034a1cd&sxsrf=AHTn8zoxzcJu9df6LoTGVFbv03Yq4PU8UA%3A1738947146512&ei=SjqmZ8X8HpS6hbIP3oujwAg&oq=aerial+photos+worcestershire&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHGFlcmlhbCBwaG90b3Mgd29yY2VzdGVyc2hpcmUqAggAMggQIRigARjDBEj9aFD0KFjjV3AEeACQAQCYAXugAf8JqgEEMTYuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCEqACtQjCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgINEAAYsAMY1gQYRxjJA8ICDhAAGIAEGLADGJIDGIoFwgIGEAAYBxgewgIIEAAYBxgIGB7CAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYogQYiQXCAgoQIRigARjDBBgKmAMAiAYBkAYFkgcEMTcuMaAHzkc&sclient=gws-wiz-serp (Accessed: 7 February 2025).
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Offa’s Dyke Centre makeover!

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been a real struggle for all of us, not least the Offa’s Dyke Centre staff and committee members because just as membership was rising and we had more Outreach and other events planned, it struck and we had to close down.

The old, familiar Offa’s Dyke centre display

The good news is that the executive committee membership has increased, the number of trustees has increased and thanks to a successful funding bid, we are re-opening on St. David’s day 2021 with a facelift on the inside!

With the incredible artist Dan Llewelyn Hall putting on an art exhibition, the Offa‘s Dyke YAC and Outreach contacts supplying some creative works and the whole exhibition area being refurbished with new lights and multi-media installed, the centre will be a far more attractive space.

The beautiful throne has been moved
The Anglo-Welsh bridge (very popular with our Outreach visitors)

The committee has met several times now in person (we have had lots of meetings online), so it was good to see that other committee members were safe and well.
Here you see a couple of us discussing the new layout for the display space.
I’d love to tell you more now but I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

An empty centre
An empty Offa’s Dyke Centre during the refurbishment

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Wilderness Expertise visiting Offa’s Dyke

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We have a great visit planned next year where folks from http://wilderness-expertise.co.uk will be traversing part of Offa’s Dyke with their #developingpotential mantra and we will be doing at least some of the journey with them (The Offa’s Dyke Outreach youngsters walking group).

Planned for the summer of 2021, the group will be met and accompanied by the Outreach officer on a 4/5 day trek along the dyke talking of the archaeology, heritage, personal histories of those living along the dyke over time as well as the impact on the Welsh and the Mercians as ‘borders’ become ever more relevant nowadays.

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A wiggle in Offa’s Dyke

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“There’s a disruption in the force …” or is it “a wiggle in Offa’s Dyke“?

We visited a section of Offa’s Dyke in Herefordshire where we are going to invite schools in the area and the YAC to maybe help out clear part of the Dyke as well as measure it, draw it, photograph it and clean it!

This is a link to our click to see the walking trip from the Kington Golf Club (thank you for a lovely lunch snack at the cafe too folks) to the section of the Dyke that wiggles.

About halfway down this map is Kington where Offa’s Dyke takes a detour …why was that do you think?
The path of Offa’s Dyke with Kington just about central

An aerial view of the Dyke clearly visible in the landscape. You can see the ‘wiggle’ so why there? Was it a mistake by the builders?
Note the path leaves the Dyke to toddle off down to Knighton.

Offa’s Dyke and path at Kington
Offa’s Dyke kink at Kington (,

Did the builders make a mistake?

This seems highly unlikely as the Saxons were very good at building dykes – they had done it for a long time and lets face it the whole of Offa’s Dyke is 170km or so so surely they would not make a silly mistake like this?

At this point, Offa’s Dyke is almost at the top of the hill. Is that a clue?
Note the Offa’s Dyke Path turns off to go to Kington …well it is a lovely place to visit isn’t it.

Click on the images below to see more of what we saw there. There is a lot of bracken and gorse so bring gloves but in the meantime …what do you think about the kink?

  • The fence atop the Dyke
  • The Dyke is so clearly visible
  • The clear bank and ditch of Offa’s Dyke
  • Ian and Mel discuss the ‘wiggle’
  • Dougal is definitely impressed
  • The original stone? With the gorse and bracken on it
  • Imagine the ditch without all this back fill
  • The gorse on the top of the Dyke where the sheep haven’t cleaned up
  • The path of the Dyke follows the top of the hill still
  • Mel standing by the
    Offa’s Dyke Path
  • The Dyke turns almost 90 degrees Kington
  • These rocks didn’t find their own way here …
  • The Dyke clear in the landscape
  • At the top of the hill? That’s not typical of the Dyke.
  • The Dyke facing west
  • The view south
  • The Dyke facing east
  • What glorious views …why did Offa build here?
  • Imagining the height of the Dyke when built
  • Dave discovers a hidden path sign
  • Dave finds a sign!
  • The hidden sign reads …
  • Ian, Dave and Mel impressed with the landscape
Photos by the Outreach Officer planning some YAC and Outreach activities

Citations:

Inner Earth Soaps (no date) Bloglovin’. Available at: https://frame.bloglovin.com/ (Accessed: 21 February 2025).
CCAG (2018) ‘The Chestnut Community Action Group.’ Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Bassett, T. (2018) Tanya Bassett, CCAG. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Roxby-Mackey, M. (2018) Melanie Roxby-Mackey, Archaeologist, CCAG, ARA, Offa’s Dyke Association. Available at: archaeoborders.wordpress.com.
Squires, J. (2018) Joy Squires, CCAG. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Mackey, I. (2018) Ian Mackey, Archaeological Outreach, CCAG, ARA, Offa’s Dyke Association. Available at: https://linktr.ee/iwm21.
Fowler, G. (2018) Graham Fowler, Worcester Canal Group.
Squires, G. (2018) George Squires, CCAG. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/.
Harker, C. (2018) Clare Harker, ARA. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/ara/.
Whitelaw, R. (2023) ‘Arboretum Residents’ Association (ARA)’.
Fowler, G. (2023) ‘The Worcester Canal Group’.
Whitelaw, R. (2018) Bob Whitelaw, ARA. Available at: https://ccagworcester.com/ara/.
Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P. (2012) Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. Thames & Hudson.
Rencontre assyriologique internationale, Kogan, L.E. and Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ gumanitarnyĭ universitet (2010) City Administration in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 53e Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Vol. 2. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns. Available at: http://site.ebrary.com/id/10495955 (Accessed: 27 July 2016).
Reilly, P. and Rahtz, S. (1992) Archaeology and the information age. A global perspective. Routledge. London: Routledge.
Recording Archaeology (2016) The “Arty” Way - Dutch Approach to the Presentation of Archaeological Heritage. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorjsWARe0U&list=TLGG-03FF-7AGnIzMTEwMjAxNg (Accessed: 31 October 2016).
Purbrick, L., Aulich, J. and Dawson, G. (eds) (2007) Contested Spaces: Sites, Representations and Histories of Conflict. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: AIAA.
Price, F.G.H. (1881) ‘Camps on the Malvern Hills.’, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 10, pp. 319–331. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2841529.
Hodder, I. and Cessford, C. (2004) ‘Daily Practice and Social Memory at Çatalhöyük’, American Antiquity, 69(1), pp. 17–40. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/4128346.
Gronow, A. (2006) ‘Book Review : Social Theory and Human Reality’, European Journal of Social Theory, 9(2), pp. 300–303. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431006063592.
Grinsell, L. (2016) ‘Carrying flint cores to Mendip’, Lithics–The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society, (6), p. 15. Available at: http://journal.lithics.org/index.php/lithics/article/download/651/636 (Accessed: 18 November 2016).
Gillings, M. (2012) ‘Landscape Phenomenology, GIS and the Role of Affordance’, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 19(4), pp. 601–611. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-012-9137-4.
Fleming, A. (2006) ‘Post-processual Landscape Archaeology: a Critique’, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 16(03), pp. 267–280. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774306000163.
Bevan, A. and Conolly, J. (2012) ‘Intensive Survey Data from Antikythera, Greece’, Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 1(0). Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/4f3bcb3f7f21d.
Barnes, I. (2003) ‘Aerial remote-sensing techniques used in the management of archaeological monuments on the British Army’s Salisbury Plain Training Area, Wiltshire, UK’, Archaeological Prospection, 10(2), pp. 83–90. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.197.
Armstrong, K., Darvill, T. and Cheetham, P. (2009) ‘Archaeological geophysical prospection in peatland environments: Case studies and suggestions for future practice’, ArcheoSciences. Revue d’archéométrie, (33 (suppl.)), pp. 251–253. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.1646.
Abate, D. and David, M. (2015) ‘Out of the archaeologist’s desk drawer: communicating archaeological data online’, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, II(5), pp. 1–7. Available at: https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxyd.bham.ac.uk/10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-1-2015.
Low, S.M. (ed.) (2003) The Anthropology of Space and Place: Locating Culture. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Llobera, M. (2012) ‘Life on a Pixel: Challenges in the Development of Digital Methods Within an “Interpretive” Landscape Archaeology Framework’, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 19(4), pp. 495–509. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-012-9139-2.
Richards-Rissetto, H. et al. (2012) ‘Kinect and 3D GIS in archaeology’, in 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM). 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), pp. 331–337. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365942.
Dore, C. and Murphy, M. (2012) ‘Integration of Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) and 3D GIS for recording and managing cultural heritage sites’, in 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM). 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), pp. 369–376. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365947.
Default Goo Project (2015) Goo Create. Available at: http://goote.ch/3a039651d2ea4e309bb32dc0578c12aa.project.
Barazzetti, L. et al. (2011) ‘Photogrammetric survey of complex geometries with low-cost software: Application to the ‘G1′ temple in Myson, Vietnam’, Journal of Cultural Heritage, 12(3), pp. 253–262. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2010.12.004.
Berndt, R. et al. (2010) ‘A publishing workflow for cultural heritage artifacts from 3D-reconstruction to Internet presentation’, in Digital Heritage. Third International Conference, EuroMed 2010 Lemessos, Cyprus, November 8-13, 2010 Proceedings. Euromed, Lemessos, Cyprus: Marinos Ioannides, Dieter Fellner, Andreas Georgopoulos, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis (eds.), pp. 166–178. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16873-4_13.
Balletti, C. et al. (2014) ‘Calibration of Action Cameras for Photogrammetric Purposes’, Sensors, 14(9), pp. 17471–17490. Available at: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/9/17471/htm.
Skala, V., Pan, R. and Nedved, O. (2014) Making 3D replicas using a flatbed scanner and a 3D printer. Translated by Associacao Portuguesa de Investigacao Operacional; Kyushu Sangyo University (KSU); Monash University; Universidade do Minho; University of Basilicata; University of Perugia. Guimaraes: Springer Verlag (14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2014). Available at: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904860589&partnerID=40&md5=ac59dff921ecd4295652cf7364c3a880.
(spreadshirt) (2024) See us Live, Beltane Border Morris. Available at: https://www.beltaneborder.co.uk/seeuslive (Accessed: 25 October 2024).
(Arcane Alchemy) (2020) The Pagan Origins of Wassailing, Arcane Alchemy. Available at: http://www.arcane-alchemy.com/blog/2020/12/21/the-pagan-origins-of-wassailing (Accessed: 25 October 2024).
(Druidry .org) (2023) ‘Samhain / Samhuinn - Rituals & Traditions | Halloween | OBOD’, 1 November. Available at: https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/samhain-festival (Accessed: 27 October 2024).
(Norse Imports) (2024) Norse Calendar & Pagan Holidays Wheel of the Year Explained with Sourc. Available at: https://norseimports.com/blogs/news/norse-calendar-pagan-holidays-wheel-of-the-year-explained (Accessed: 26 October 2024).
(Worcester News) (2024) ‘Controversial 92-home plan rejected by council’, Worcester News, 18 October. Available at: https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24657057.92-home-plan-stocks-lane-newland-rejected-council/ (Accessed: 20 October 2024).
(Worcester News) (2024) Dig into Worcestershire’s history for Archaeology Day 2024, Worcester News. Available at: https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24657354.dig-worcestershires-history-archaeology-day-2024/ (Accessed: 20 October 2024).
Actionbound - digital tour (2016). Available at: https://en.actionbound.com/bound/iwm21 (Accessed: 4 August 2016).
Actionbound – Create your own scavenger hunt for mobile devices – GPS treasure hunt app – iPad rally – Tablet tour (2016). Available at: https://en.actionbound.com/create/iwm21 (Accessed: 2 September 2016).
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Offa’s Dyke Association Outreach

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Welcome to this Offa’s Dyke Association WordPress site dedicated to Outreach.

Generically this site is dedicated to our Outreach for schools, clubs and groups, etc. however we also carry out outreach to local groups and clubs as well as local communities if necessary with resources and talks including oral histories, local photography and “History Pins”, stories, anecdotes, history, heritage and guidance on how folks can monitor and protect Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke all of which feeds into projects in and around the Offa’s Dyke Association and Centre.
These include the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory (with the incredible Prof. Howard Williams), CoSMM (Community Stewardship of Mercian Monuments thanks to the Offa’s Dyke YAC leaders) and liaising strongly with local community groups, Universities, and our colleagues in Offa’s Dyke Association North and Offa’s Dyke Association South.

With this, we are also co-founders of the Offa’s Dyke YAC (Young Archaeologists Club) which meets (aside from Covid-19) at the Offa’s Dyke Centre, Powys, Knighton, once a month.
For more information please just contact us …

Tel: 01547 528753
Email: oda@offasdyke.org.uk
Email: odaoutreach@gmail.com (Ian Mackey)
Email: offasdykeyac@gmail.com

Post: Information Officer
Offa’s Dyke Association
West Street
Knighton
Powys. LD7 1EN.

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