Stocking Lane hedge maze

oflahero

I never saw myself ever coming up with a thread title like that, and this will be of no interest whatsoever except to those who cycle around South DUblin/Wicklow, but...

Messing around on Google Maps just there, I found what appears to be a hedge maze just at the top of Stocking Lane, just behind the "ice cream van" car park at the intersection with Cruagh Road. It's pretty clear in the 'Satellite' view mode. It certainly can't be seen when you're on the road itself, and I can't see an obvious "big house" to which it might be attached. Anyone notice this before / own it?

Blowfish

I've spotted it before on Google maps and looked for it when up there, but never seen it as there's a mini 'ridge' just behind the car park.

Must wander over it to have a look some day.

Morgan

Cuirious...

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.239861,-6.321452&spn=0.00227,0.004823&t=h&z=18

Caroline_ie

I think this was maze built by Raam to lose slow freds after the "stoking lane climb test''... The cake is over there, go find it. Then he'd cycle off to never see the sh!t cyclist again...

buffalo

Doesn't look like there's any hedges inside the maze, just an outline of paths.

Jumpy

Google ruins secret garden.

petethedrummer

There's a garden outside roundwood that has loads of weird religious iconography, but I've never been in it. Anyone know if this is it?

Chips Lovell

OK, who's going to be the first to grab pics of this maze? I suspect that its long been dug up and what we're seeing is only the old outline of where the hedges were planted.

smilingeyerish

I think this is the maze in question

(don't know if i attached this correctly!)

petethedrummer

smilingeyerish wrote: »

I think this is the maze in question

(don't know if i attached this correctly!)

yeah its being discussed in this thread: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055678028

Caroline_ie

petethedrummer wrote: »

yeah its being discussed in this thread: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055678028

I think you should stop the drugs pete ...

Raam

petethedrummer wrote: »

yeah its being discussed in this thread: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055678028

It's also being discussed in this post.

Timmah!

being discussed by this guy

Raam

Timmah! wrote: »

being discussed by this guy

watch out for dead ends

oflahero

petethedrummer wrote: »

There's a garden outside roundwood that has loads of weird religious iconography, but I've never been in it. Anyone know if this is it?

That looks like your garden in question alright, I notice that Victoria's Sculpture (Lady)garden (pfft, snort) has now been rebranded as 'Indian Sculpture' in recent times. I've never quite been tempted to break my journey home with a visit though.

petethedrummer

oflahero wrote: »

I notice that Victoria's Sculpture (Lady)garden (pfft, snort) has now been rebranded as 'Indian Sculpture' in recent times.

Is this what it's called? or is this some other garden?

JMJR

Havent been in there for a while but theres some amazing carved statues to be seen.

http://www.victoriasway.eu/

petethedrummer

JMJR wrote: »

Havent been in there for a while but theres some amazing carved statues to be seen.

http://www.victoriasway.eu/

Ah crap its closed till next may. But at last I have some evidence that the place exists and Emty won't think I'm mental anymore.

Dr_Colossus

Checked out that maze today behind Stocking Lane, looks like it was set out a few years ago with high fencing all round and mesh wire then inside to set out the passages. However it hasn't been touched in years with nettles and grass taking over the place and there's no discernible hedges with only a few small trees growing in the centre. There's larger trees around the perimeter just inside the fencing and these are even blocking the one locked gate entrance. The maze itself is very small so hard to imagine the purpose behind it initially.

Conclusion, not worth getting off the bike to investigate as it's just like looking into a small overgrown garden nursery.

NeilMcEoigheann

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Checked out that maze today behind Stocking Lane, looks like it was set out a few years ago with high fencing all round and mesh wire then inside to set out the passages. However it hasn't been touched in years with nettles and grass taking over the place and there's no discernible hedges with only a few small trees growing in the centre. There's larger trees around the perimeter just inside the fencing and these are even blocking the one locked gate entrance. The maze itself is very small so hard to imagine the purpose behind it initially.

Conclusion, not worth getting off the bike to investigate as it's just like looking into a small overgrown garden nursery.

was that your black bike locked to the gate today then?
i passed by but didn't know about the maze till now

Dr_Colossus

It was indeed, an MTB that I use as still doing research on road bikes to purchase. Left it at the second gate up from the ice cream truck as thought there was an entrance to the maze from the little forest track but then had to cross through some trees and a ditch to get to the maze. The first gate behind the ice cream truck is the real entrance for those interested.