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Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Meadow Mills

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NPRN275827
Map ReferenceSJ17NE
Grid ReferenceSJ1897076450
Unitary (Local) AuthorityFlintshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityHolywell
Type Of SiteDYKE (DEFENCE)
PeriodEarly Medieval
Description
A c.980m stretch of Wat's Dyke (Nprn306867), represented by earthworks and current linear features, passing along the top of the E side of the Strand Dingle until, at the given NGR, it turns to run NNE-SSW in two alignments, knowledge of its course being lost after c.450m.
Nothing is known of the existance of the dyke N of this segment (Fox 1934, 213-4).
Section to SE = Nprn275828.
J.Wiles 11.12.03