Classical 3 Circuit

Examples: Cretan coins of circa 300 to 70 BCE

Description: Created with a seed pattern of a cross and a dot in each quadrant, this labyrinth has three paths.

Turf labyrinth installation, Valbypark Garden Festival, Denmark. Photo by Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos.

Classical 7 Circuit

Examples: Dalby, Rocky Valley, England

Description: Created with a seed pattern of a cross, a right angle, and a dot in each quadrant, this labyrinth has seven paths. This is often referred to by some as the Cretan Labyrinth.

Borgen in the Swedish Archipelago. Photo by Sig Lonegren.

Man in the Maze - Tohono O'dam, Southern Arizona, USA

Classical 11 Circuit

Description: Created with a seed pattern of a cross, two right angles, and a dot in each quadrant, this labyrinth has 11 paths.

Galgeberget, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

One of the four surviving stone labyrinths on the remote island of Bolshoy Zayatsky in Arctic Russia. Photo by Jeff Saward/Labyrinthos.

Classical 15 Circuit

Example: Roerslev (Denmark)

Description: Created with a seed pattern of a cross, three right angles, and a dot in each quadrant, this labyrinth has 15 paths.

Tibble, near Anundshög, Västerås, Sweden. Photo by Sig Lonegren.