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**The Shepherd’s Race**
The Shepherdʼs Race was cut into flat ground near the summit of Blue Bell Hill — Thorneywood Mount — in the St Annʼs district of Nottingham. The hill was part of Sneinton Common, given to the parish as ʻcommon landʼ by the Pierrepont family. It is described as being 34-35 yards across, covering an area of 324 square yards, with a single path 535 yards long.
These proportions make the Race one of the largest examples of its kind. Its design is fairly typical of the medieval kind, with the addition of four rounded extensions or bastions. Each enclosed a small mound with a design known in heraldry as a ʻcross-crossletʼ cut into the top. The bastions are said to have aligned with the four cardinal points of the compass.
Following the Enclosure Act, the maze was ploughed up and the area planted with potatoes on 17th February 1797.
- more https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-shepherds-race/
The Shepherdʼs Race was cut into flat ground near the summit of Blue Bell Hill — Thorneywood Mount — in the St Annʼs district of Nottingham. The hill was part of Sneinton Common, given to the parish as ʻcommon landʼ by the Pierrepont family. It is described as being 34-35 yards across, covering an area of 324 square yards, with a single path 535 yards long.
These proportions make the Race one of the largest examples of its kind. Its design is fairly typical of the medieval kind, with the addition of four rounded extensions or bastions. Each enclosed a small mound with a design known in heraldry as a ʻcross-crossletʼ cut into the top. The bastions are said to have aligned with the four cardinal points of the compass.
Following the Enclosure Act, the maze was ploughed up and the area planted with potatoes on 17th February 1797.
- more https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-shepherds-race/
