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<< Our Photo Pages >> Fröjel Trojaborg - Turf Maze in Sweden in Gotland

Submitted by ShamrockStone on Wednesday, 16 October 2019  Page Views: 2823

Multi-periodSite Name: Fröjel Trojaborg Alternative Name: Fröjel 10:1
Country: Sweden Landskap: Gotland Type: Turf Maze
 Nearest Village: Fröjel
Latitude: 57.335580N  Longitude: 18.190420E
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
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Fröjel Trojaborg
Fröjel Trojaborg submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Gotland Sweden (Vote or comment on this photo)
Turf Maze in Gotland. Next to the church in Fröjel is a labyrinth, 10 x 9 m, consisting of 12 rows of stones. In the edge is a cemented well cover with pump that cuts off the 2 outermost stone rows. The labyrinth has been restored. It was probably at a pre-Christian cult site long before the church was built here.

The Trojaborg is a maze shape that (it is claimed) has existed for at least three thousand years. Its origin is unknown, and one does not know what it has been used for. Most likely, it had some magical or ritual meaning, perhaps with different content in different places?
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Fröjel Trojaborg
Fröjel Trojaborg submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Gotland Sweden (Vote or comment on this photo)

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A Maiden Called Troja by John Kraft by Andy B on Wednesday, 10 August 2022
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A Maiden Called Troja by John Kraft
Originally published in Caerdroia 41 (2012), p.23-26

Sweden has a considerable number of old labyrinths, but one of them is particularly outstanding. The Trojaborg (Troy town, or more precisely: Fortress of Troy) at Visby, on the island of Gotland, is not only one of the largest (19 x 18 metres, with the entrance in the northwest), built of unusually large stones and with exceptionally wide paths, but it also has more labyrinth folklore associated with it than any other labyrinth in Scandinavia. The first mention of this
labyrinth on a map from c.1740 also provides a hint that it is older than many of the other labyrinths on Gotland

More here: https://labyrinthos.net/C41%20Troja%20Maiden.pdf

There are more archive articles from Caerdroia - the Journal of Mazes & Labyrinths here
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