Wing Miz Maze

Wing Miz Maze: England's smallest county Rutland, possesses a wealth of mellow stone villages all situated in shallow valleys below rolling fertile countryside. One such village is Wing, where up a quiet lane from the village crossroads toward Glaston, laid out beside the road, and surrounded by a wooden white fence are the indentations of the mystical Wing Miz Maze,cut in the turf.

Awe inspiring and mysterious, the hidden meanings behind this monument are not clear cut, so to speak! Measuring 40ft in diameter this rare legacy from feudal times probably evokes a prehistoric pagan tradition.

Wing Maze (like the others at Somerton Oxfordshire, Alkborough Lincs, Breamore Hants, St.Catherine's Winchester & Saffron Walden Common etc), all instill an air of doubt as to their true usage.

Did people crawl on their hands and knees around the gulleys of the turf mazes as a penance, or did they honour water or earth worship here? So what we see today may be well over 2500 years old, successively recut by generations of villagers, championed by religious beliefs and later Christian influences.

Most likely Wing Miz Maze is probably connected to water worship because the design resembles the universal labyrinth or sevenfold pattern which is common on coins from major civilisations around the world, sacred rocks at Tintagel Cornwall, and on certain regalia from American Indians, where the hallowing of water is prominent. Still present in an English village a complete mystery.

Location: Wing Village on lane to Glaston, between A47 & A6003, near Oakham, Rutlandshire.

Rated for a visit: 10/10.