The public conference ‘Conflict, Collaboration and Early Medieval Frontiers‘ is taking place 09.30-16.00, 1st June, at the Venue in the Park, Alyn Waters Country Park, Gwersyllt, Wrexham, Wales.

Tickets are £10 each (£5 for students) and can be obtained from the Offa’s Dyke Association online shop: https://offasdyke.org.uk/product/conflict-collaboration-and-early-medieval-frontiers-conference-ticket/

Here is the additional link for registration for students for £5: https://offasdyke.org.uk/product/conflict-collaboration-early-medieval-frontiers/

Parking at Alyn Waters Country Park is £1 per day.

Programme

09.00–16.00, Saturday 1st June 2024

09.30–10.00      The Offa’s Dyke Association – David McGlade

10.00–10.30      The Dykes of the Welsh Border and the PAS data – Pauline Clarke

10.30–11.00      Conflicting evidence: the dating and character of Wat’s and Offa’s Dykes – Ian Grant, Richard Hankinson and Tim Malim

11.00–11.30      Break

11.30–12.00      Making the March: Contesting Lands in the Early Medieval Frontier –

Charles Insley and Andy Seaman

12.00–12.30      Walking the Line: Offa’s Dyke from Shore to Shore in 2023 – Keith Ray

12.30–13.00      Seeing the Line: Art, creativity and perceptions of Offa’s Dyke –

John G. Swogger

13.00–14.00      Lunch

14.00–14.30      The Offa’s Dyke Conservation Project – Helen Upson

14.30–14.40      New work exploring Offa’s Dyke in Flintshire – Ray Bailey

14.40–14.50      Offa’s Dyke near Ross-on-Wye: Observations and Next Steps – Terry Morgan

14.50–15.00      Drone photography of the Dyke – Julian Ravest

15.00–15.30      Break

15.30–15.40      The Future of the Offa’s Dyke Journal – Howard Williams

15.40–15.55      The Future of the Collaboratory – Keith Ray

15.55–16.00      The Offa’s Dyke Association: New Steps – David McGlade

Exhibition

Seeing the Line: Art, creativity and perceptions of Offa’s Dyke – John G. Swogger & colleagues

Online material

Interview with Ray Bailey

Interview with Diana Baur and John G. Swogger