This page will present not just news from Labyrinthos & Caerdroia HQ and details of recent updates to the website, but also information about maze and labyrinth related events, new books and publications, indeed anything that takes my fancy for inclusion. Please email me if you have items you would like to see featured on these pages.

Jeff Saward, editor, Caerdroia

New Edition of Caerdroia & updates - 06/11/07

Caerdroia 37 is currently under production, and details will be posted here as soon as it is available place. We also have information about our 2008 Tours Schedule so take a look!

The new Labyrinthos website is gradually taking shape - maybe it will go live this coming winter?

New Edition of Caerdroia & updates - 30/10/06

Caerdroia 36 is now available, and as usual a number of updates to the website have taken place. We also have information about our 2007 Tours Schedule.

A thorough revision of the Labyrinthos website is now long overdue and work has started on a new website.

New Additions to Archives & Intro pages - 28/05/06

Two new items have been added, both with an underground theme - an illustrated study of the mysterious Chaldon labyrinth graffitos in the Introduction section, and an article about the equally enigmatic labyrinth inscribed in the Tomba del Labirinto in Sardinia in the Archives section - reproduced from Caerdroia 35.

A revised version of my study of labyrinths in India has also been posted recently, incorporating a number of new discoveries, also in the Introduction section.

New Edition of Caerdroia & updates - 14/04/06

With the 25th anniversary edition of Caerdroia finally published and a number of updates to the website completed, it was time to note these facts. A thorough revision of the Labyrinthos website is now long overdue - a job for the summer perhaps?

New Additions to Archives & Intro Pages - 28/01/05

At long last, the catalogue of labyrinth in Scandinavia Churches is completed and online - go to our Archives section to check it out - and following several requests for information, I have written a summary of historic labyrinths in India, Pakistan, Nepal & Sri Lanka, now online in our Introduction section.

New Additions to our Archives Section - 27/12/04

Following several requests for information on the labyrinth rock carvings at Rocky Valley, Cornwall and the Hamonist labyrinths in Pennsylvania and Indiana, we have added two essential articles about these labyrinths, both originally published in Caerdroia 32, to our our Archives pages. Further items about labyrinths in Scandinavian churches and the labyrinth graffiti in Chaldon Quarry, England, will follow in the next few weeks.

TLS Labyrinth Symposium - the 2nd Labyrinth Society European region Gathering, May 21 & 22, 2005.

Following the success of the 2002 Glastonbury event, the 2nd TLS European Regional Gathering will be held on 21 & 22 May 2005, at Woodgreen Village Hall (south of Salisbury and Stonehenge). Hosted by Sig & Karin Lonegren and Jeff & Kimberly Saward, on Saturday there will be speakers from all over Europe (lunch included), with an optional dinner on Saturday evening, and on Sunday a guided walk to the wonderful Breamore Mizmaze turf labyrinth, with picnic lunch provided and a visit to Breamore House and Countryside Museum all included in the ticket price.

To coincide with the Symposium, Jeff Saward & Kimberly Lowelle Saward will also be leading an escorted tour of English turf and church labyrinths, May 20th to May 26th - visit our tours page for further details.

New edition of Caerdroia published 05/10/04

Caerdroia 34 has just been published and is packed as usual with a wealth of new labyrinth discoveries and fascinating articles. Subscribers copies will be mailed out in the next week or two. For further details, to order a copy of of Caerdroia 34, and subscribe to future editions, check our publications page.

New Pages Added - 24/08/04

More new photographs and graphics pages of Historic Hedge Mazes and Hedge Mazes in America have been posted in our photo library and new additions to our Archives pages, including labyrinths in Estonia and a catalogue of the fabled Caerdroia labels.

Online Catalogue of Swedish Labyrinths - 12/08/04

Fiona Campbell of Göteborg University has been working for the last four years on an online database of the numerous historic labyrinths, of various types, in Sweden. Finally her database is available online and contains more than 470 examples. Go to our labyrinth location guide and follow the link to "Labyrinths in Sweden" to see the results of her remarkable project.

World Wide Labyrinth Locator goes live! - 01/05/04

The new worldwide labyrinth database, jointly sponsored by The Labyrinth Society and Veriditas, and administered by the Labyrinthos webmaster, Jeff Saward, is now online. With over 900 labyrinth locations at launch, it is sure to become the premier source for finding labyrinths in your part of the world and features a convenient upload page, with facility to add a photograph, for you to add your local labyrinths, as well as a search engine to find them! Check it out when you visit our new labyrinth location guide now added to this site.

New Photo Library pages - 24/03/04

More new photographs and graphics pages of Roman labyrinths and stone labyrinths in Scandinavia posted in our photo library and revisions to our Services pages. We have also added an illustrated article on the earliest prehistoric labyrinths recently.

Labyrinthos Website Updated - 20/02/04

Stage II of the overhaul of the old Caerdroia & Labyrinthos website is now completed. Hopefully this will have removed most, if not all, of the bugs that were lurking as a result of the combination of the old Caerdroia site with the new pages for Labyrinthos.

Various new pages have been added, including details of our tours and consultancy services, and a new Bibliography section with recommended reading lists and an extensive catalogue of maze and labyrinth related books, papers and articles themed by general topics. Further additions have also been made to the Labyrinthos photo library and more pages will follow in due course.

The next stage of the website update will follow soon: the long-delayed revamp of the Links section, which is now several years out of date. If you have a mention on our Links pages, please check it and let me know what it should now say - thanks.

Labyrinthos Photo Library now online - 10/10/03

Following many requests for a selection of images from the extensive Labyrinthos photo library and archives, we have finally put the first five pages of images online - turf labyrinths and church and cathedral labyrinths are the first to go up. Stone labyrinths and a selection of modern American examples will follow over the next few weeks, with Native American and Prehistoric & Roman labyrinths to follow in due course.

Other new additions to the site include several new articles in the introduction and archive sections, including a two-part study of Labyrinth Typology. Explore and enjoy!

Labyrinths & Mazes - just published - 28/09/03

Well, it has taken over two years to produce, from start to finish, but finally both the USA and UK editions of Jeff Saward's new book "Labyrinth & Mazes" are now available. Published by Gaia in the UK and by Sterling in the USA, with 224 pages and over 400 colour photographs and illustrations of labyrinths and mazes, ancient and modern, from around the world, this is surely the most comprehensive and up-to-date historical survey of the subject.

Read more about this book.

Caerdroia 33 - just published - 10/08/03

After a number of delays caused by work on the new "Labyrinth & Mazes" book, the 33rd edition of Caerdroia - the Journal of Mazes & Labyrinths has finally been published. Packed as usual with a wealth of new labyrinth discoveries and fascinating articles, full details are given elsewhere on this website. To order a copy of of Caerdroia 33, and subscribe to future editions, check the details on our publications page.

Minotaur - a New Maze in Northumberland - 04/08/03

The Kielder Partnership has just announced their new contemporary maze entitled Minotaur. This latest piece of impressive public art can be found in the heart of rural Northumberland, UK. I've included a couple of UK media stories that highlights Minotaur's launch:

www.guardian.co.uk/arts/critic/feature/0,1169,1002428,00.html
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/frontrow_20030709.shtml

The BBC link has an audio interview attached to the story, you need to scroll down to the Minotaur heading on the web site and click: UK National Coverage.

For further details of the Kielder Partnership Minotaur Maze go to: www.kielder.org/art/minot.htm

Labyrinth Society website re-vamped - 26/07/03

As a founding member of The Labyrinth Society (TLS), and a current serving member on its board of directors, it is a great pleasure to see the Society flourish and particularly to have been involved in the construction of the new TLS Website. With lots of new features and some glitzy design and graphics, as well as a wealth of links to members sites, etc., if you are looking for somewhere to post your labyrinthine questions on a discussion forum, then you should also check the new Labyrinth Society discussion forum. The page displays were a bit quirky at first, but it seems the initial problems are being ironed out. As with the original website, the TLS site contains a wealth of interesting information and, of course, details of the forthcoming 5th Annual Labyrinth Society Gathering - this year it's being held in Baltimore, 6th - 9th November 2003.

For further details check: www.labyrinthsociety.org

Caerdroia website re-vamped - 25/07/03

After a hiatus of some two years with just minimal maintainance, the time has come to revise and relaunch the Caerdroia Website. Over the next couple of weeks a whole host of updates and new pages will be posted, including a new section for Labyrinthos. Further development of the Labyrinthos section and some additional items for the Caerdroia Archive section will go online during September.

Labyrinth 2000

Jean Dark has written a report on the conference that Labyrinthos hosted in Saffron Walden during the summer of 2000 - and Adam Warren has provided some photos taken on our splendid day of labyrinths. It may take a couple of minutes to download, but if you were there and still have fond memories, you may care to read the report.

Kudos

Although a number of sites have given this website awards, I have never felt it necesary to publicise them. However, I was pleased to receive an email from Ted Nelson, one of the founding fathers of the Internet (he coined the word 'hypertext' during his research) that simply said "Your 'Caerdroia' site is exceptionally elegant. Thanks." :-)

And Finally....

My thanks go to Adam Warren, who originally produced and maintained the Caerdroia Website, until he handed it over to me some years ago. Pressure of work has kept me away from adding much to the site since then, but now with the workload of writing books easing, the time has come to pick up the reins once more and continue Adam's good work.

© Labyrinthos 2004 ~ this page last updated 30/10/2006