In 1827 one which was on Ripon Common was ploughed up. Its diameter was 60 feet. Another existed till comparatively recent times at Hillbury, between Farnham and Guildford. At Pimpern, in Dorset, there was formerly a maze of a unique design. The outline was roughly a triangle, which enclosed nearly an acre of ground; the pathway was marked out by ridges of earth about a foot in height, and followed a singularly intricate course. The plough destroyed this also in 1730. The names locally applied to these structures often imply very erroneous ideas as to their origin and purpose. In some instances they are ascribed to the shepherds, as if cut by them as pastime in their idle moments; a suggestion, which a glance at the mazes themselves, with their intricate designs and correctly formed curves, will prove to be hardly tenable. Two other names of frequent occurrence in England are "Troy Town," and "Julian's Bower"; the latter being connected with the former, Julius, son of AEneas being the person alluded to. Some have from these titles sought to trace a connection with a very ancient sport known as the _Troy Game_, which arose in classic times, and survived down to the Middle Ages. It consisted probably in the rhythmic performance of certain evolutions, much after the fashion of the "Musical Rides" executed by our cavalry. The origin of the idea is to be sought in a passage in Virgil's AEneid (Bk. V., v. 583 _et seq._), which has been thus translated by Kennett:-- "Files facing files their bold companions dare, And wheel, and charge, and urge the sportive war. Now flight they feign, and naked backs expose, Now with turned spears drive headlong on the foes, And now, confederate grown, in peaceful ranks they close. As Crete's fam'd labyrinth, to a thousand ways And endless darken'd walls the guest conveys; Endless, inextricable rounds amuse, And no kind track the doubtful passage shows; So the glad Trojan youth, the winding course Sporting pursue, and charge the rival force." Tresco, Scilly, has a maze known as Troy-town; and it would seem that such were once common in Cornwall, since any intricate arrangement is often locally called by that name. It has, however, been pointed out that most of these mazes date from a time when classical knowledge was not widely spread in England; that, in fact, the name has probably been given in most instances long after the date of the construction of the work.