Please enter the Labyrinth from the far side and count how many times you turn right or left as you walk the path. There are memory tokens in the center of the labyrinth, please do not disturb these items. Once you have completed this journey, sit on the bench and calculate the location of the final stage. Using these coordinates: N 41 54.551 W 84 00.939 Subtract the number of turns from the North coordinate and add that number to the West coordinate.
There is a path to the left of the bench, follow this path backward in time to find the cache location you may feel you are going the wrong direction, but trust your instincts and keep on the path. There is no need to bushwack. Please no behaviors that would disturb the peace of this location in any way. Parents, please watch your children as there is a pond along the path. The cache can be reached from the path, please replace as found.
The Medieval Labyrinth
(also known as Chartres, cathedral or eleven-path/circuit)
First developed during the ninth and tenth centuries CE, the medieval labyrinth combined the eleven circuits of the Otfrid labyrinth with the four-fold symmetry of the Roman labyrinths to produce a design far better suited for use in a Christian context. By the eleventh and twelfth centuries this form became common in manuscripts and in the decoration of church floors in Italy. In the early thirteenth century it spread to France, and soon became the principle form throughout southern and western Europe.
The famous use of this labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral has led many writers to term this design the "Chartres" labyrinth. For exact replicas of the labyrinth at Chartres, this term is acceptable, although inappropriate otherwise, as this design was in widespread circulation long before it was employed at Chartres. Although others have used the term "Medieval Christian," "Medieval" accurately portrays the context of this labyrinth, and does not exclude those examples that appear in secular or non-Christian contexts.
An ornate form of the medieval labyrinth, as inlaid in the floor of Chartres Cathedral, France, c. 1205 CE.