The Dry Stone Wall Maze

The world’s largest dry stone wall maze is being built in our forest!

The Friends of Dalby Forest are assisting in the development of the Dry Stone Wall Maze that is being built in Dalby Forest, helping to prepare the site as well as assisting Mark Ellis in practical tasks such as sorting the stone. But YOU can get involved with this exciting and monumental landmark too.

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Here’s how you can get involved

Buy a stone which will be carved for you with the initials of your choice – perhaps as a unique wedding gift, a gift for relatives living faraway or perhaps a stone in memory of a special person. [Book here]
Make your own mark! We have organised stone carving workshops led by a local sculptor where you and your family will carve your initials onto a stone at a dedicated workshop which will then be built into the maze for posterity. You will also be invited back to see it once it has been built into place.
Follow progress on our website, our Facebook group or on Twitter.
Become a volunteer with the FoDF. You will get your own hands-on opportunity to help with the maze construction via some of our monthly work tasks – that will definitely be something to tell the grandchildren!
There will also be an opportunity in the future to buy one of the maze’s Special Features like gates, stiles and smout holes (especially suited to business donors). If you are specifically interested in this option, please email: Petra.Young@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Some A-Maze-ing Facts

It will take 2 dry stone wallers 3 years to build the maze
The maze will be 80 metres x 80 metres
Maze walls will be 2 metres high and 1m wide at the base
4032 tonnes of stone will be used
The full length of stone wall will measure 1610 metres
The concept of the maze was dreamed up by dry stone waller Mark Ellis who will now see his ideas made real as he is the one building the maze!
The maze will have a wide range of features found in Yorkshire field walls and gardens, like stone step stiles, squeeze stiles, smout holes, kissing gates, phantom gates and moon gates,