Mazes and Labyriths in Great Britain

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Summary: Not a Puzzle Book
Review: Mazes and Labyrinths of Great Britain is a beautiful-looking little hardback which shows the designs of 8 mazes and 20 labyrinths in Great Britain. I have been looking for something to help me design a maze for the garden and was delighted by the clarity of the black and white designs showing layouts from the most simple (Troy Town Scilly Isles) to the very complicated (Pimperne, Dorset). Martineau also shows how most classical labyrinth design evolves from the very basic 'spiral meander' and 'Templar' cross to become the traditional multiple-coil
labyrinths, by stretching and repeating the pattern. The basics can be mastered, Martineau assures us, on the back of an envelope. A new focus for doodling! My daughter has already started finger-tracing the designs searching for the centre.
Each design is accompanied by a page of information about the history and layout of the labyrinth.

An excellent little volume which, even if I never create the garden maze, will sit happily on the bookshelf and be referred to in idle daydreams.