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A Long and Illustrious History

Offa's Dyke is associated with which ancient ruler?

AOffa, King of Mercia
BEdward the Confessor
CKing Alfred the Great
DWilliam the Conqueror

Answer & explanation

The correct answer is Offa, King of Mercia.

Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork roughly following the border between England and Wales, built in the 8th century on the orders of Offa, King of Mercia, to mark the boundary of his kingdom.

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