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Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a turf maze located in Rutland, England. The monument represents a form of recreational or possibly ritual landscape feature, though the precise historical origins and date of this particular example remain uncertain from available scholarly sources. Turf mazes of this type were created by cutting patterns into grassland and are found in various locations across England, with examples ranging from medieval to post-medieval periods. The maze's exact function—whether decorative, ceremonial, or recreational—has not been definitively established in the archaeological record for this specific site.
Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019306. View the official record →
Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a turf maze located in Rutland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019306.
Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019306.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bridge over River Chater (2.9 km), Earthwork in Morcott Spinney (3.3 km), Moated site at North Luffenham (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.