Historically, a turf maze is a labyrinth made by cutting a convoluted path into a level area of short grass, turf or lawn. Some had names such as Mizmaze, Troy Town, The Walls of Troy, Julian's Bower, or Shepherd's Race. This is the type of maze referred to by William Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act 2, Scene 2) when Titania says:

2022年3月3日 · Turf mizmazes were/are formed by cutting shallow trenches into the ground surface, leaving turf ridges. For the majority, the walking path was the level grassy turf, although a rare few were designed with the lower earthen trail as the pathway. The patterns and sizes varied, although most did copy the Classical, or Cretan/Chartres design.

The Turf Maze (Labyrinth) on the Common is of great antiquity and importance. It is the largest example of its type in the world and is one of the eight surviving turf labyrinths in England....

2016年1月4日 · 迷园两大类，树篱迷园（hedge maze）和草坪迷园（turf maze），楼楼指的可能是前者。 树篱迷园追求高于视平线的空间、路径间隔，可供人在其间捉迷藏、撞邪、谈恋爱、OOXX甚至搞谋杀。

Turf labyrinths, or ‘turf mazes’ as they are popularly known in Britain, were once found throughout the British Isles (including a few examples in Wales, Scotland and Ireland), the old Germanic Empire (including modern Poland and the Czech Republic), Denmark (if the frequently encountered Trojaborg place-names are a reliable indicator) and south...

What is a turf maze? In several places in England you can find traditional turf mazes. Although their local communities are proud of them, they are not widely advertised. They are open to the sky, and there is no entrance fee. Perhaps there is a board near-by telling you about it, but that's it. Go and see one; they are amazing! How old are they?

2023年2月25日 · At the end of last year I wrote about the earliest turf mazes in Britain but I ran out of space to do justice to the subject, so here's your chance to find out about the largest turf maze in the world, and discover several others including the smallest one in Europe.

2022年3月3日 · Turf mazes are labyrinths made by cutting a convoluted path in an area of short grass or lawn, and were once a common feature of the English countryside. Hundreds of these were known to exist across northern Europe. Now fewer than twelve survive, including eight in …

2016年10月1日 · England contained many unicursal turf mazes, some possibly created during the Dark Ages by nordic invaders and settlers. Turf mazes are constructed simply by taking an area of turf, and cutting out gullies to form the barrier; the remaining upstanding turf becomes the path.

2022年11月12日 · So what is a turf maze? Unlike later hedge mazes they are not planted features. Instead they are made by cutting a shallow trench into and through an area of short grass. Usually it’s the the turf that’s left raised up after the trenches have been excavated that’s designed to be the path, but occasionally, perhaps by error, it’s the trench itself.