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Submitted by Jimit on Tuesday, 09 March 2004  Page Views: 20233

Multi-periodSite Name: Mizmaze Alternative Name: Miz-maze
Country: England County: Hampshire Type: Turf Maze
Nearest Town: Winchester  Nearest Village: Morestead
Map Ref: SU48482769  Landranger Map Number: 185
Latitude: 51.046523N  Longitude: 1.309803W
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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Mizmaze
Mizmaze submitted by JimChampion : At last! Weather conditions that really show up the lines of this turf maze on top of St Catherine's Hill near Winchester. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Turf Maze in Hampshire

The dating of turf mazes is problematical and controversial. Current opinion tends toward a Mediaeval date but often re-cut since. They are not usually a "maze" in the normal sense of the word, rather a convoluted walk around a small central area. People have seen them as a metaphor of a Christian search for salvation or an aid to meditation. Some are composed of a raised grass bank but here on St. Catherine's Hill you walk between the banks on the bare chalk. One legend connected with this maze is that the cutting of it was given as a punishment to a pupil of Winchester College in the 18th C. After completing it, the task had so scrambled his brain that the poor boy threw himself to death off the hill!
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Mizmaze
Mizmaze submitted by JimChampion : January 2005. Composite image. The information board at the site says that the maze is unlikely to have existed before the 17th century. Behind the maze, the original entrance to the St Catherine's Hill hillfort is visible as a gap in the ramparts. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mizmaze submitted by SolarMegalith : A detail of the mizmaze on St Catherine's Hill (photo taken on June 2017). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mizmaze submitted by SolarMegalith : During my visit the mizmaze was partly in renovation (photo taken on June 2017). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mizmaze submitted by JimChampion : January 2005. View of the mizmaze taken from the branches of a nearby beech tree (the only place to get an overview, although difficult to climb because of their smooth bark). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mizmaze
Mizmaze submitted by DavidCWoods : Situated near the top of St. Catherine's Hill, in the middle of the hillfort. The clump of trees beyond, on the summit, used to house a Norman chapel although no sign of it now remains.

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Re: Mizmaze by fish on Saturday, 12 June 2021
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I went there last week and it is well signposted but very overgrown. We parked on an old drove road east of the woods and had a lovely ramble, not such a walk as the trail through Breamore woods
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Re: Mizmaze by Anonymous on Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Aren't Mizmazes supposed to predate the Medieval period and were possibly used by the people before the Roman invasion as a plan for ritual dances?
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