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Ancient Offa's Dyke ... was built 200 years before King Offa was born
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| April 8, 2014
| Wills Robinson
Posted on 04/13/2014 11:33:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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full title: Ancient Offa's Dyke between England and Wales may be renamed after experts discover it was built 200 years before King Offa was born. Runs from Prestatyn in North Wales down to Chepstow in the south
![Runs from Prestatyn in North Wales down to Chepstow in the south](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74081000/jpg/_74081364_offas_dyke.jpg)
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04/13/2014 11:33:12 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/13/2014 11:38:23 AM PDT
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GeronL
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To: GeronL
Too funny....Perhaps there’s a double meaning hidden in this story.
To: GeronL
Dutch spelling. From when the Dutch conquered the place and planted tulips everywhere!
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Ambrosius Aurelianus ping!
The reason I looked for information on the dating of Offa's Dyke was that I wondered if anyone had ever scientifically dated it. This occurred to me only because I'd watched program one (of three) on this History Channel dvd about King Arthur.
Dunno why it never struck me before, considering that Wat's Dyke used to be considered newer than Offa's Dyke until someone actually scientifically dated it, and the Wansdyke which runs west to east postdates the Roman withdrawal and was attributed to Woden by the Saxon invaders.
Since the 1960s it has been known that "dark age" trade with the Byzantine empire was detected at Glastonbury, and in the 1980s this was also found to be the case at Tintagel. I'll go right out on a limb and say, the composite character called King Arthur owes part of his legend to this Ambrosius Aurelianus, and that Ambrosius (who left his legacy as various post-Roman placenames) and/or his successor constructed the "Offa's" Dyke to protect his Romanized British kingdom from the dozen or so cattle-raiding wannabee kingdoms in Wales, and the Wansdyke to defend against the Saxons.
This dating is a huge breakthrough, although you'd never know it if you read the idiotic quotes I cut out for length.
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04/13/2014 11:42:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
If I built a computer using a 200 year old steel case, do I have a 200 year old computer?
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04/13/2014 11:42:19 AM PDT
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Bogey78O
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To: GeronL
I typed in the search string “Offa’s Dyke dating”, and I found this which is what I was looking for, but yikes, I’ll never be the same.
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04/13/2014 11:43:44 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Was it spelled tulyps ? Two-lips?
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04/13/2014 11:43:51 AM PDT
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GeronL
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04/13/2014 11:44:39 AM PDT
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GeronL
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04/13/2014 11:45:47 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/13/2014 11:47:56 AM PDT
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driftdiver
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04/13/2014 11:49:46 AM PDT
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Defiant
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To: GeronL
Yeah I thought this another Hillary story.
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04/13/2014 11:51:14 AM PDT
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Kozak
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To: Bogey78O
That's always been my "Yeh...right"...to a lot of findings BECAUSE
In 1988, I went through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Stopped along the road and proceeded to carve initials and the year 1788 into the rock with my little set of carving tools. The initials were timely. Laughed as I walked to my car.
To: GeronL
Yes. And they made everyone wear wooden shoes! Dark days were those...
To: SunkenCiv
The Great Wall of China was basically constructed over 2000 years ago — but if you go there today, you won’t see much of anything that is 2000 years old. It’s mostly Ming and about 500 years old.
To: Defiant
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04/13/2014 12:05:34 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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04/13/2014 12:15:08 PM PDT
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GeronL
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Never google offal+dyke without safe search
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04/13/2014 12:15:50 PM PDT
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GeronL
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