by Karen Warren | Last updated Jun 1, 2018 | Sweden
Over the past few years I’ve been exploring English turf mazes, and I recently visited the last on the list. So it was time to discover their predecessors, the stone labyrinths of Scandinavia. My destination was the Swedish island of Gotland, home to more than...
by Karen Warren | Last updated Apr 6, 2018 | United Kingdom
If you’ve been following my explorations of ancient English turf mazes, you’ll know that I had just one left to visit: Troy Town, at Somerton, Oxfordshire. Uniquely among the surviving English labyrinths, the Somerton turf maze is privately owned, in the garden of the...
by Karen Warren | Last updated May 13, 2018 | United Kingdom
The Dalby Turf Maze, in a remote part of North Yorkshire, may be one of the oldest turf mazes in England. Or it could be a relative newcomer, dating back only to the 19th century. Like all of England’s remaining turf mazes, its history and origins are mysterious and...
by Karen Warren | Last updated May 18, 2018 | United Kingdom
Most of England’s ancient turf mazes have a rural location, set into a village green, or in the open countryside. But Julian’s Bower, in Alkborough, North Lincolnshire, must have the most enviable setting. Perched on a high hill, it overlooks the confluence of three...
by Karen Warren | Last updated Jan 19, 2016 | United Kingdom
The last of my recent visits to English turf mazes was in the village of Wing, in Rutland. Like all these ancient mazes that I’ve explored, this one was deserted, sitting quiet and empty on the Village Green. And there were the usual questions. Is the maze just old,...
