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Britain
- Roman Mosiac Mazes
Only the Caerleon-on-Usk mosaic
is open to the public.
Caerleon-on-Usk Legionary Museum,
Gwent, Wales; Roman mosaic labyrinth; fine example, square;
8 x 8 ft; second/third century
Cirencester, Gloucestershire,
England; Roman mosaic labyrinth; private, now reburied;
labyrinth border, square; 15 x 15 ft; second century.
Cirencester, Gloucestershire,
England; Roman mosaic labyrinth; private, now reburied;
fine example, square; 6 x 6 ft; early fourth century
Fullerton, Hampshire, England;
Roman mosaic labyrinth; different parts in different museums,
hence effectively "private"; very crude design,
square; 12 x 12 ft; fourth century.
Harpham, East [West?] Yorkshire,
England; Roman mosaic labyrinth; fine example, square, now in
storage awaiting a new display site (per Jeff Saward, May 1996);
12 x 12 ft; fourth century; discovered in 1904
Oldcotes, Nottinghamshire, England;
polychrome Roman mosaic labyrinth, portraying Theseus and Minotaur;
private, now reburied; square, 2.85 x 2.85 m.; third
century AD.
Britain
- Modern Mosiac Mazes
Bath - Mosaic Maze
centrepiece of the Bath Festival Maze, 15 feet in diameter,
designed by Randoll Coate, 1984.
Crawley - Mosaic Maze
centrepiece of the puzzle maze in County Mall, Crawley; created
by Emma Biggs, designed by Adrian Fisher Maze Design,
1992.
Wyck Rissington -
The Maze of the Mysteries of the Gospels, Wyck Rissington Church,
Gloucestershire, England (Great Rissington Rectory, Tel: 01451
205600); memorial wall mosaic; 3 x 2 ft; based on design of
former hedge maze (designed by Canon Harry Cheales, 1950) in
rectory garden; mosaic design by Adrian Fisher Maze Design;
mosaic dedicated by the Venerable Eric Evans, 1988.
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