South Petherton, Nr Yeovil, Somerset. Formed 17th July.
Updated Saturday 14th September
1996
An aerial shot by Lucy Pringle. Copyright 1996.
Around mid day, I received a
telephone call from my friend AJ that he had just heard a crop circle report by a farmer
on BBC radio. He had only heard the last few seconds and missed some of the information. I
telephoned the news desk at Radio Bristol and ask for further details. I decided to
telephone the farmer to confirmed the report. The farmer's wife was very helpful and gave
me a description of the formation and its location. I telephoned several Croppies to
inform them of the circle throughout the afternoon. By the evening I met up with Stuart
and we travelled down to collect George Wingfield in Shepton Mallet and continue onward to
the circle. This formation is positioned on the side of the hill north of the A303. Its
size and design has come as a pleasant surprise for the location. As this area has not
seen a formation of this complexity before. The general design is made up of a central
circle with a outer ring linked with semi-circles producing four petals appendages. A
cross is intersecting the central circle and reaches the apex of each semi-circular
segment. The whole design spans across six tramlines and it is approx. overall diameter is
237 feet or 80 yards. It is covers about one acre. The OS map Ref is approx. ST4576 1688.
The central circle has a clockwise rotation and is 30 feet in diameter. The straight
pathways are five feet and six inches in width. This running dimension is also evident on
the outer surrounding ring. The outer ring its self is also clockwise in rotation. The
pathways of the outer petal are also of similar. The Crop Circle Connector wishes to thank
the Farmer Mr Patrick Palmer for allowing access to the formation on his land. He is
charging £1 entrance fee which will be donated to the local church fund.
Five-Ring Cross Arrived near Yeovil, mid-July, in wheat, approx. 300 ft. across. Three grapeshot shown in made be a crude addition, or perhaps just badly damaged by visitors.
Copyright Peter. R. Sorensen.
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Images by Stuart Dike. Copyright 1996.
