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Index of Caerdroia Articles - page 1

The following catalogue of articles and notes appearing in Caerdroia, from 1981 to date, includes all those items of potential interest to researchers and general readers alike.

I recommend that you try using your browser's "Find" button to locate articles of interest on this page. One fine day, when I have a ‘few’ spare moments, I will try to create a search tool for this section of the website, but meanwhile you will need to trawl this lengthy section to net your catch.

From issue 6 to 11 most items are included, except where subsequent articles or notes in Caerdroia render them outdated and obsolete.

From issue 12 to date, practically all items are included, except for certain editorial material, advertisements and publication lists, etc. Each item is listed by title, page number(s) on which it appeared and author. Where not immediately apparent from the title, a comment on the content is given.

Caerdroia Index

Note: Caerdroia 1-5 (then titled Caerdroia Project Newsletter) were issued between May 1980 and March 1981, in the form of a simple photocopied pamphlet containing largely hand-written notes and short reports, etc. The first edition in magazine format, with articles in the strict sense, was :

CAERDROIA 6 : May 1981

• Labyrinths and the Cabala, Patrick McFadzean, p.4-7.
• Pietermaritzburg Cathedral, p.12: pavement labyrinth (1981), South Africa.
• Bourn Maze, Adrian Fisher, p.13-15: pavement labyrinth (1875), England.
• Pavement Labyrinths, Nigel Pennick, p.22-28.
• The Labyrinth with 3000 Rooms, reprinted from Hotspur 18-2-1967, p.30.

CAERDROIA 7 : August 1981

• Chartres, Nigel Pennick, p.6-8: labyrinth & cathedral.
• St. Martin's stone labyrinths, Isles of Scilly, photographs, p.9.
• Maze Design: an analysis, Chris Turner, p. 10-21.
• Clifton Hail turf maze, Clifton, Notts., cut 1981, p.18-19.
• The Wandering Prince of Troy, folk song, c. 1707, p.23-24.
• Comberton, Cambridgeshire, turf labyrinth, p.28-29.

CAERDROIA 9 : February 1982

• Plan of the Troy Town, Somerton, Oxfordshire, Guy Underwood, p.5 & C10, p.26.
• Who Built the St. Agnes Troy-Town?, John Kraft, p.6: stone labyrinth, Isles of Scilly.
• The Labyrinthine Figures of Nazca, Sig Lonegren, p.13-16: sand figures, Peru.
• Trojaburgen, The Works of Aspelin, Hamkens, Sieber & Mössinger, p.17-28.
• Translations of important early works on labyrinths in Germany, Poland & Finland (12-page insert).   
• The Thornton Maze, Paul Devereux, p.29-31. Simple maze/spiral in church floor, Leicestershire.
• The Archbishop’s Maze, Greys Court, Oxon. (report on opening), p.37-39.

CAERDROIA 10 : May 1982

• Roman Labyrinth Mosaics in Britain, David S. Neal (notes from), p.5-8.
• The Labyrinth and the City, Nigel Pennick, p.9-11: labyrinth patterns in India & Melanesia.
• The Chaldon Labyrinths, Jeff Saward, p.12-20. 18th c. graffiti in mediaeval stone mine.

CAERDROIA 11 : October 1982

• Stone Labyrinths in the Russian North, E. von Baer (1842), translation, p.4-7.
• Maze Musing, Russell Scott, p.9-14. Labyrinths & fylfots.
• Labyrinths of Scotland, Jeff Saward, p.15-19.
• Faerie Fair Maze, reports, p.20-21 & C8, p.27-28. Temporary stone labyrinths, 1981 & 1982.
• The Mazes of Nottingham, Michael Behrend, p.22-30: turf labyrinths, England.
• Tao, Jeff Saward, p.32. Labyrinthine dance patterns from ancient China.

CAERDROIA 12 : April 1983

• Solar Patterns and Labyrinths, Nigel Pennick, p.4-5.
• The Pennard Labyrinth, Jeff Saward, p.6-7. Stone labyrinth (1972), South Wales.
• Chokkomon, John Billingsley, p.8-10. Labyrinths (or the lack of) in Japan.
• A Lost Maze, Mark Valentine, p.11. Boughton Green turf maze, Northamptonshire.
• Odds & Ends: Shoemakers' Race; failed maze, Basildon; Chaldon; Minotaur mania; Hilton tree-planting, p.13-16.
• Geranos, Jeff Saward, p.23-37. Possible origins of the labyrinth, etc.

CAERDROIA 13 : October 1983

• The End of the Road to Jerusalem, Nigel Pennick, p.4-8. Development of hedge mazes.
• Not Quite the End, Jeff Saward, p.8-10. Reconstructed 16th century garden maze at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.
• Wunderburg and Jerusalem, John Kraft, p.11-19. Turf labyrinths in Germany.
• German Troytowns, Jeff & Deb Saward, p.20-34. Surviving labyrinths in Germany.
• Odds & Ends: press clip.ings; plan to restore Bridge End Gardens maze, p.35-36.
• The Watts Chapel, p.37-38. Labyrinths on art-deco chapel (c. 1896), Surrey, England.

CAERDROIA 14 : March 1984

• Labyrinths of Ireland, Jeff & Deb Saward, p.4-10.
• German Turf Labyrinths, John Kraft, p.11-18.
• Glastonbury Tor Maze Debate, p.19-32, includes:-
• The Tor Maze, Geoffrey Ashe, p.19-21. Proposed labyrinth encircling Glastonbury Tor, England.
• A 3-D Labyrinth?, Russell Scott, p.22-25. Glastonbury Tor labyrinth analysis.
• The Tor - A Calvary Mount?, Nigel Pennick, p.26-28. An alternative interpretation.
• Maze or Myth?, Jeff Saward, p.29-32. Physical reality of the Tor Maze or otherwise.
• Odds & Ends: maze-gill fungus; use of mazes in advertising, p.35-37.
• Kom Ombo, John Saul, p.38. Labyrinth graffito on Ptolemaic temple in Egypt.

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