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A History of the County of Gloucester
… The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here enlarged and used later as a mill-dam. The dyke also forms the west boundary of the detached portion of … the Saxon vill of Madgett whose lynchets run to the dyke. 45 No population at Madgett was recorded in 1086. 46 In …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and one of them lies across a spur jutting N. (7) Cross-dyke (7735060777490603), runs W.N.W.E.S.E. at about 700 ft. … down to the N. and broadens above the present village. The dyke, which faces S. up a sharp rise, is about 160 yds. long. … the flank of the spur; to the E., diminishing in size, the dyke drops right down the spur side. There are no original …