Re: Breamore Miz-Maze (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, 10 August 2001
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I understood this maze to be "prehistoric". I do not therefore understand the reference to "Christian" design. EMail: LorraineMPBrown @ aol
Regarding the above comment...
All the online resources I can find describe the Breamore Mizmaze as medieval: for example the Hampshire treasures description is:
Mizmaze, Breamore Down. Well preserved. Mound in centre like a disc barrow. 25m diameter.
The reference in the main text to it being "of 'Chartres' design" means that the pattern of the maze matches the tile pattern in the nave at Chartres cathedral in France. I don't know whether the above allusion to being 'like a disc barrow' means that the mizmaze is thought to be an adapted Bronze Age site. There are a lot of even older earthworks nearby (Grims ditch and the Giants Grave long barrow) and there are round barrows in the surrounding trees.
If anyone knows why this site is thought to be prehistoric then please post a comment here.
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