ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke is like a super long fence that somebody made a really long time ago. It goes for about 177 miles from the east coast of England all the way to the west coast of Wales, and it's made of dirt and stones piled up really high.

Some people think that a king named Offa built the fence a long-long time ago to keep the Welsh people from coming into England. But some other people think it was just made to mark the boundary between two different kingdoms.

Either way, the fence was really important because it was a barrier between two different groups of people, and it helped show where one group's land ended and another group's land started. Now people can go and visit the fence, and it's kind of like a big, long treasure hunt for history buffs who like to explore cool places.