Along with our collection of photographs and illustrations of labyrinths and mazes from around the world, Labyrinthos also has an extensive library of maze and labyrinth-related books, papers and journals, as well as a number of labyrinthine curios.

Many of the published items in our archive are listed in the Bibliography section of this website and gradually, as time allows, we will start to add details of some of the other items in our collection. Meanwhile, if you are looking for information from some elusive source, contact us to see if we have a copy lurking in our labyrinthine library.

Much of the information that we have has been distilled down over the years to appear in the pages of Caerdroia, and while a number of back issues of Caerdroia are still available, all editions prior to Caerdroia 27 are now out of print and unlikely to be reprinted. As we are frequently asked for photocopies of articles from these earlier out of print editions, it would seem a good idea to start converting the frequently requested articles to pages on this website to create an archive of some of these more interesting items.

It will be a gradual process - as and when we have time! But here are the articles so far archived for your perusal, a selection from out of print editions and a few important items from editions still available.

Please note: all of these articles are copyright Caerdroia/individual authors as appropriate. While you are welcome to print them out for personal use, unauthorised reproduction is prohibited without permission from Caerdroia. Please contact the editor if you wish to reproduce any of these articles for workshops, publication or use on other websites.

How Long is a Labyrinth? - reprinted from Caerdroia 22 (1989).

Graeam Fyffe provides the figures and theorems needed to calculate the path length of classical and medieval (Chartres) type labyrinths.

My Father, W.H.Matthews - reprinted from Caerdroia 23 (1990).

Zeta Eastes recalls the life of her father, a pioneer of modern labyrinth studies and the author of the 1922 classic Mazes and Labyrinths - A General Account of their History and Development.

Labyrinths in Estonia - reprinted from Caerdroia 23 (1990).

John Kraft and Urmas Selirand document the historical stone labyrinths recorded in the southeast Baltic region.

Labyrinths in Nordic Churches - from Caerdroia 24 (1991).

John Kraft's original study of the labyrinths in Scandinavian churches, revised and updated by Jeff Saward (2005) with map, table of locations and catalogues of the individual labyrinths for each of the four Nordic countries where they are found.

The Rocky Valley Labyrinths - from Caerdroia 32 (2001).

Often claimed to date to the Bronze Age, Abegael Saward explains why it is likely that these enigmatic rock-carved labyrinths are much more recent.

The Harmonist Labyrinths - from Caerdroia 32 (2001).

Lilan Laishley documents the first American hedge mazes - actually hedge labyrinths - in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

The Tomba del Labirinto, Luzzanas - from Caerdroia 35 (2005).

Jeff & Kimberly Saward go in search of this enigmatic underground labyrinth inscription in Sardinia.

Caerdroia Cinderellas - a catalogue of Caerdroia Labels 1980-1993.

Since its founding in 1980, until the mid-1990's, Caerdroia produced an extensive series of labyrinthine adhesive labels which were attached to outgoing mail and journals posted from Caerdroia headquarters. This illustrated catalogue will help identify the various issues produced.

More archive articles in due course.....

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