. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. Fig. 56. Labyrinths on Tiles, Toussaints Abbey, Chalons-sur-Marne. (Ame) (sec page 65). Fig. 60. Turf-Labyrinth at Wing, Rutland.(Photo, Stocks. By permission of Rev. E. A. Irons) 4 ft. high. It may be that the frequent association of turfmazes with ancient earthworks of various kinds is some-thing more than accidental, but we do not seem to havesufficient evidence to establish a necessary connecldonbetween the two things. Lyddington, another Rutland village, has also beenmentioned as possessing a turf maze. A wr
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. Fig. 56. Labyrinths on Tiles, Toussaints Abbey, Chalons-sur-Marne. (Ame) (sec page 65). Fig. 60. Turf-Labyrinth at Wing, Rutland.(Photo, Stocks. By permission of Rev. E. A. Irons) 4 ft. high. It may be that the frequent association of turfmazes with ancient earthworks of various kinds is some-thing more than accidental, but we do not seem to havesufficient evidence to establish a necessary connecldonbetween the two things. Lyddington, another Rutland village, has also beenmentioned as possessing a turf maze. A writer in theRutland Magazine in 1907, for instance, says, in speakingof Priestly Hill, which overlooks the village on the east,at one time there was a turf maze on its slope, where, asour old people tell us, their grandparents, when children,used to play. The writer in question, however, does notmake it clear whether he is really quoting an oral tradi-tion of the locality or is basing his statement on thebrief mention of Lyddington as a reputed maze-sitewhich appears in Trollopes 1858 memoir. It is at anyrate very difficult to trace any reliable evidence of s
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