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Open Country: Kerdroya - The Cornish Labyrinth

Kerdoya - The Cornish Labyrinth

Kerdroya - The Cornish Labyrinth

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Kerdroya - The Cornish Labyrinth

Helen Mark meets Will Coleman to discover the wonders of the Cornish hedge.

Kerdroya is Cornish for labyrinth or maze. In this Open Country Helen Mark meets the makers of a huge labyrinthine work of art made in homage to the humble Cornish hedge.

Will Coleman of Golden Tree Productions is creating a major new piece of landscape scale art at Colliford Lake on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Kerdoya is a labyrinth celebrating and built from the humble Cornish hedge. Helen Mark visits Will to discover why the Cornish hedge is at the heart of Cornish culture and landscape. She discovers that the emerging labyrinth on the edge of the lake is providing jobs, training and respite - as well as inviting visitors to appreciate the art of hedge-making and the permanence of these ancient structures in Cornwall’s lanes and fields.

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