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Shepherd's Race, Boughton Green

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52.3220°N, 0.8930°W GIZA 322.77° DIST 3,603 km POWER 4/10
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Coordinates52.3220°N, 0.8930°W
Giza Bearing322.77°
Distance3,603 km
Power4/10

52.3220°N, 0.8930°W.

Shepherd's Race, Boughton Green is a turf-cut labyrinth in Northamptonshire, England. The design is a medieval chartres layout with 11 circuits, 12 walls, approximately 11.2 metres in diameter, built of turf. Documented age: Medieval (destroyed 1916-7) (Medieval (destroyed 1916-7)). Current condition: destroyed. A turf maze at Boughton Green in Northamptonshire known as 'Shepherd's Race,' destroyed by a military encampment during World War I in 1916-17. Documentation sources: Matthews 1922. A figure that resolves into a single unbroken line when traced from edge to centre and back. The labyrinth is one of several hundred sites of this type catalogued globally; each preserves the same unicursal walking-pattern with regional variation in scale, material, and date.

The labyrinth tradition spans at least 4,000 years of documented practice across northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the British Isles, North America, and the Indian subcontinent.

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Labyrinth Details
Pattern Medieval Chartres
Circuits 11 paths, 12 walls
Diameter 11.2m
Material turf
Age Medieval (destroyed 1916-7)
Condition destroyed
Country England
Region Northamptonshire
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