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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shepherd's Race (Heath) - Turf Maze in England in Bedfordshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Monday, 25 February 2008  Page Views: 6396

Multi-periodSite Name: Shepherd's Race (Heath)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.955 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Bedfordshire Type: Turf Maze
 Nearest Village: Heath
Map Ref: SP9227
Latitude: 51.933916N  Longitude: 0.663268W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2

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Shepherd's Race (Heath)
Shepherd's Race (Heath) submitted by HOLYWELL : Heath and Reach Shepherd's race remains. One arm of the square maze can be followed from the tree to the righthand side. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Turf Maze in Bedfordshire

Virtually destroyed ancient maze. I went searching for this maze armed with an old sketch from the 1920s which showed the surviving part an arm with a tree at the end. It was found on a local golf course who surprisingly knew what I was talking about and directed to the site. There is not much to see from the two photos and I am sure it would be more visible from above!
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SP9227 : Gatepost, Heath Park Road by Alex McGregor
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SP9227 : Gatepost on Heath Park Road by Philip Jeffrey
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SP9227 : Cottage stores by Alex McGregor
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Shepherd's Race Bird's Eye view? by Andy B on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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There are Bing Bird's Eye views of this area available (click on the blue aeroplane for Bing then switch to Bird's Eye View) - this site should be visible, can you find it?
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Re: Shepherd's Race by Anonymous on Sunday, 07 February 2010
Can find only the golf course.
Here was another Shepherd's Race:
http://www.broxtowehundred.co.uk/sheprac.htm

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