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Multi-periodSite Name: Pimperne MazeCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.745 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Turf Maze
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum Nearest Village: Pimperne
Map Ref: ST892074
Latitude: 50.866002N Longitude: 2.154836W
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 Dorset
This large maze, covering nearly an acre with a roughly triangular design which had ridges half a metre high. It was once stood associated with a barrow on the corner of the Higher Shaftesbury Lane, where there is a cemetery now. It was destroyed in 1730.
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