Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)
Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 140
06, speaks of this maze as having consistedof low banks and trenches arranged in an intricatefigure, which the youths of the village, accompanied nodoubt by the maidens, were wont to thread at certainseasons of the year. He states that it is on high ground80 in an open field and that of the winding… … Fig. 63.— Troy-town, Pimperne, Dorset. (Hutchins.) writing in 1686, says it was much used by the youngpeople on Holydaies and by ye School-boies. The pathwas bounded by ridges about a foot in height. The mazewas destroyed by the plough in 1730. The memory ofanother turf maze in the same country is…
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