Janet
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At 00:16 16/03/00 -0000, you wrote:
>Did anyone hear the item about Offa's Dyke on Radio 4 on Monday(?)
>afternoon? I was unable to take notes and could only really listen with half
>and ear. Someone (Professor? Cambridge?) has claimed it was not built by the
>Saxons in the 10th century but is Roman wall. There is apparently a wall
>often mentioned in Roman texts which has been "lost" but the description
>pretty much fits Offa's Dyke. As the first mention of this earthwork being
>built was pretty late, it is assumed that this was a piece of Saxon
>propaganda and that the Dyke is actually much older.
>I know this has little to do directly with wells and spas yet, but if there
>is a reappraisal of the 130-odd miles of Offa's Dyke perhaps there will be a
>new find? Even Hadrian's wall has shown late discoveries of wells, so let's
>hope we will see something appearing here too.
>If you did hear that item on Radio 4, please could you tell me what was the
>name of the Emperor mentioned? Who was the person making the claim to it
>being Roman? And who wrote about Offa or Ossa's Dyke in which century?
>Thanks for any help... Leaping senility at work here!
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>Janet Kaiser
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