SEX73670 - Saffron Walden Maze Resistivity Survey

A maze on Saffron Walden Common is first recorded in the 1699 town council accounts. According to Jeff Saward in an article in the Saffron Walden Historical Journal of Spring 2012 it has been refurbished several times. Aerial photographs of 1996 cited in the same article suggest that there might have been a second maze, which could have been either earlier or concurrent with the extant one. This provided the impetus for the geophysical surveys reported here. Unfortunately as is common with recreational sites the magnetic background was too high to detect subtle archaeological features. The main features in the magnetometry survey are a utilities track running along the S edge of the survey area and a metalled path with a seat running SW – NE across the N edge. An area of increased magnetic noise running N—S in the SE corner of the survey is anomalous but has insufficient detail to be able to ascribe any structure to it.