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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 148

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th. It covered a space of86 26 ft. by 24 ft. and had a 9-in. path bounded by an8-in. groove. It went by the name of *The Walls ofTroy. The two villages of Burgh and Rockcliffe aredistant from one another about two miles and a half, andthe river Eden bise6ls the intervening marshes andoccasionally… … Fig. 68.—Walls of Troy. Rockcliffe Marsh, Cumberland. (After Ferguson.) a6led as guide through the marshes and over the riverfords. A maze existed close to this spot and is said tohave been cut in 1815 by a man named ChristopherGraham. Whether Graham designed the maze himself orwhether he copied an…

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