As Offa was a Staffordshire man (as well as a king), I think I'm justified in using this scene, albeit that it is in Wales.
This is the point at the northern end of Offa's Dyke - an earthwork ditch & rampart created (probably) to keep out the marauding Welsh in the eighth century. Much of it can still be seen, thanks to conservationists; and one can walk a prescribed long-distance path along what remains.
King Offa, though controlling most of middle England, kept his main court at Tamworth, which is in Staffordshire.
I've seen other Offas dikes marked on the maps
ReplyDeleteA rather peaceful spot.
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