Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments (1922)
Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London, New York, etc. Longmans, Green · leaf 148
fthe hill is an earthwork having the form of a square turfedlevel surrounded by a low bank and bearing the traditionalname of The Wilderness. It is often spoken of locallyas a Roman camp, but there is nothing in its structure88 to suggest such an origin: no satisfactory explanation ofits origin or… … UiKM Fig. 69.— Troy-town, Somerton, Oxon. (From sketch byO. W. Godwin.) is not improbable that it was used in connection withmazes in general. May we not, therefore, allow it tobe within the realms of legitimate surmise that thismysterious work constitutes the remains of a square turfmaze, perhaps…
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