Uk.jpg (7319 bytes) Adrian Fisher's World Maze Database:
British Isles - Mosiac Mazes, Roman & Modern

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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