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EARTHWORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Offa's Dike; Offa's dyke; Offas Dyke; Offa's Dyke Centre; Clawdd Offa

Van Dyke         
FAMILY NAME
Vandyke; Van Dyke (disambiguation); Van dyke
Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname Van Dijk, Van Dijke, Van Dijck, or Van Dyck.
Vandyke         
FAMILY NAME
Vandyke; Van Dyke (disambiguation); Van dyke
·noun A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.
II. Vandyke ·vt fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
III. Vandyke ·adj Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
Vandyke         
FAMILY NAME
Vandyke; Van Dyke (disambiguation); Van dyke
[van'd??k]
¦ noun
1. a broad lace or linen collar with an edge deeply cut into large points, fashionable in the 18th century.
2. (also Vandyke beard) a neat pointed beard.
Origin
C18: named after the 17th-cent. Flemish painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck, whose portraits freq. depict such styles.

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Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction. Although its precise original purpose is debated, it delineated the border between Anglian Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys.

The earthwork, which was up to 65 feet (20 m) wide (including its flanking ditch) and 8 feet (2.4 m) high, traversed low ground, hills and rivers. Today it is protected as a scheduled monument. Some of its route is followed by the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile (285 km) long-distance footpath that runs between Liverpool Bay in the north and the Severn Estuary in the south.

Although the Dyke has conventionally been dated to the Early Middle Ages of Anglo-Saxon England, research in recent decades – using techniques such as radioactive carbon dating – has challenged the conventional historiography and theories about the earthwork and shows that part was started in the early 5th century, during the sub-Roman period.