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<< Our Photo Pages >> Saffron Walden - Turf Maze in England in Essex

Submitted by Thorgrim on Friday, 18 July 2003  Page Views: 24706

Multi-periodSite Name: Saffron Walden
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.351 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Essex Type: Turf Maze
Nearest Town: Saffron Walden  Nearest Village: in Saffron Walden
Map Ref: TL543385  Landranger Map Number: 154
Latitude: 52.023462N  Longitude: 0.247453E
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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
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Saffron Walden Turf Maze
Saffron Walden Turf Maze submitted by Thorgrim : Saffron Walden in Essex has the largest publicly owned turf maze in England. It is 35m in diameter and the path to the centre is 1,500m long! Of uncertain origin, the chalk path has been recut several times and is now laid with brick. The path is narrow and demands concentration. Walking it brings on a feeling of dizzyness and detatchment from the surroundings. Of easy access, as it is on ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Turf Maze in Essex

Saffron Walden in Essex has the largest publicly owned turf maze in England. It is 35m in diameter and the path to the centre is 1,500m long! Of uncertain origin, the chalk path has been recut several times and is now laid with brick. The path is narrow and demands concentration. Walking it brings on a feeling of dizzyness and detatchment from the surroundings. Of easy access, as it is on the town's common at TL 543385, this beautiful and complete labyrinth has a raised bank surrounding it and a central mound with a socket like depression which may have held a maypole or simlar focus. The very long path winds back on itself constantly and extends into four outlying corners. A must see and do!
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Saffron Walden Puddingstone
Saffron Walden Puddingstone submitted by Thorgrim : This stone is known as the Hangman's Stone and is one of many so named across Britain. The story goes that a sheep stealer took a sheep and tied its legs together. Feeling tired, he stopped to sleep by the stone on his way home. The sheep struggled and slipped over the far side thus strangling the thief. Next morning, the two were found tied together with a deep groove across the top of the sto... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden Museum submitted by Thorgrim : Bronze Age mould for casting bronze axe heads. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden Museum submitted by Thorgrim : Saxon weaver and child in Saffron Walden museum See main entry (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden submitted by Thorgrim : Battle Ditches. Late Saxon ditch and bank thrown up around the Saxon town of Saffron Walden. Walden was known as Waledana in 1086 (Domesday Book) and derives from the Saxon name "wæla-dunu" which means "wooded valley of the Britons". It seems that there was a British settlement here when the Saxons arrived. "Wæla" actually means "foreigner" and seems to have been a term of contempt. The British... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden submitted by Thorgrim : Rampart of the Battle or Repell Ditches, Saffron Walden. Is that figure at the top of the path a ghost or an alien?

Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden submitted by Thorgrim : Skeleton of a Saxon man from the Battle Ditches of Saffron Walden. He suffered from arthritis and was aged about 55 Now in the Saffron Walden Museum, Essex - see main entry

Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden Museum submitted by Thorgrim : Iron Age shears decorated in the La Tene style. Used for personal care such as beard and mustache trimming. Found at Hamperden End during the laying of Transco's Cambridge to Matching Green pipeline.

Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden Museum submitted by Thorgrim : Collection of bronze socketed axes

Saffron Walden Turf Maze
Saffron Walden Turf Maze submitted by Thorgrim : The winding path of the Safron Walden turf maze.

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 508m WNW 283° Saffron Walden Museum* Museum (TL538386)
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Re: Saffron Walden by Andy B on Sunday, 23 August 2015
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