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Britain
- Ancient Turf Mazes open to the Public
Alkborough - Julian's Bower,
Alkborough, South Humberside, England (O.S.
Ref. SE 880218); turf paths, circular, 44 x 44 ft; eleven-ring
Medieval Christian design, built certainly before 1671
Breamore - Miz-Maze,
Breamore Down, Breamore, Hampshire,
England (O.S. Ref. SU 142203); eleven-ring Medieval Christian
design; turf maze, circular, 87 x 87 ft
Dalby - "City of Troy",
Dalby, North Yorkshire, England (O.S. Ref. SE 626719), near
village of Brandsby; turf path, circular, 26 x 22 ft; seven-ring
Classical design; beside road, enclosed by low white fencing.
Hilton - Hilton Maze, The Common,
Hilton, Cambridgeshire, England; (O.S. Ref.
TL 293663); originally eleven-ring Medieval Christian design,
now with only nine rings of paths; turf path, circular, 55 x
55 ft; central stone pillar dated 1729 states that the maze
was formed (or re-cut?) in 1660.
Saffron Walden Turf Maze, The
Common, Saffron Walden, Essex (O.S. Ref. TL
543385); seventeen rings, Medieval Christian design; brick
paths in turf, circular with bastions, 132 x 132 ft.
Somerton - "Troy Town",
Troy Farm, Somerton, Oxfordshire, England;
ancient turf maze; 15 ring classsical labyrinth design;
57 x 50 ft; known to have existed c.1780 (when Troy Farm was
rebuilt); in a private garden.
Winchester - Miz-Maze,
St Catherine's Hill, near Winchester, Hampshire,
England (O.S. Ref. SU 484278) (or SN 327079??); based on Medieval
Christian design, poorly recut, with path as gulley and turf
as barrier; turf maze, square, 96 x 96 ft ?Turner family, and
date ? 1882?
Wing - Wing Maze, The Common, Wing, Leicestershire,
England (O.S. Ref. SK 895028); turf paths, circular, 50 x 50
ft; Medieval Christian design.
Britain
- Stone Line Path Mazes open to the Public
St Agnes - Troy Town, St Agnes,
Scilly Isles (O.S. Refs. SV 876078 and SV 878078);
several stone-lined path labyrinths in grass,
circular, various sizes built in 1729. One left rebuilt 1988
(Jeff Saward, May 1996
St Martins - Troy Town, St Martins,
Scilly Isles (O.S. Ref. SV 923170) (or 922170?);
several stone-lined path labyrinths in grass,
circular, various sizes, all late twentieth century
Britain
- Rock Carving Mazes open to the Public
Rocky Valley Carvings, Rocky
Valley, Tintagel, Cornwall, England (OS Ref.
SX 073894); two rock carvings, circular; 9
x 9 inches, and 9 x 7 inches; probably 18th century.
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