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Multi-periodSite Name: Shepherd's Race (Boughton) Alternative Name: Shepherd's RingCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.72 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northamptonshire Type: Maze or Labyrinth
Nearest Town: Northampton Nearest Village: Boughton
Map Ref: SP764655
Latitude: 52.282343N Longitude: 0.881494W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Turf Maze in Northamptonshire
One of the most famed of ancient turf mazes. This was a Chartre designed maze but with a spiral in the centre. I existed until the first world war when trenches were cut through it by practising soldiers. It was already overgrown by the mid 1800s however. The village had notable fair and holy well which may have been linked to the maze.
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