Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke: Scientific Dating at Chirk and Erddig

Paul Belford, Ian Grant, Tim Malim

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In 2018 and 2019, the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust undertook excavations on Offa’s Dyke at Chirk Castle, and on Wat’s Dyke at Erddig. The background, circumstances and stratigraphic narrative of these projects were presented in Volume 1 of this journal, but the scientific dating programme was not complete at the time of publication and the results were further delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the radiocarbon and OSL dates obtained by 2021 and discusses implications for future research.

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dykes, Chirk, Erddig, excavation, radiocarbon dating, OSL dating

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23914/odj.v6i0.14323

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