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St Catherine's Hill
Introduction
St Catherine's Hill has remnants of an Iron Age hill fort and a 12th-century chapel. In the mid-17th century a maze was created on parts of the Hill, which still exists.
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The site is now managed as a grassland nature reserve.
Location, Area, Boundaries, Landform and Setting
St Catherine's Hill is an Iron Age site covering 9.3 hectares and is an oval shape. This site was defended with a line of bank and ditch, which followed the hill's contours.
After the 1st century BC the Hill was unoccupied until the 12th century AD. At this time, the Hill was the location for St Catherine's Chapel, which was built in a cruciform shape and did not have any aisles.
Apart from the Hill's interesting history and its recreational role for walking and viewing the surrounding countryside, the Hill is a maze.
The maze was designed between 1647 and 1710. It is called the Mizmaze and is a labyrinth cut into the turf, which has Christian and pre-Christi