Caerdroia

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A caerdroia is a Welsh turf maze, usually in the sevenfold Cretan labyrinth design. They were created by shepherds on hilltops and were apparently the setting for ritual dances, the nature of which has been lost. At the centre of each caerdroia was a small hillock—in Welsh, twmpath. A gathering for folk dancing in Wales is still called a twmpath dawns. While the caerdroia is typically Welsh, at least one is known to have been constructed abroad. It was discovered by historian Mario Ziccardi in Petrella Tifernina, Italy.

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