Rough Down, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire. Reported 25th July.
Updated Tuesday 4th August 1998

Image Copyright 1998 Colin Andrews
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Images Copyright 1998 Stuart Dike
This area just outside of the market town of Marlborough has seen a number of formations over the last seven years, probably the most significant and spectacular was in 1991, when a 300ft+ triple dumbell appeared on the slopes of Rough Down. This year a scaled down similar version has appeared, on one of my favourite fields in the Avebury area.
Located on the slope of Maizeley Farm, is a simple formation consisting of seven circles in total. The main design is a standard triple Dumbell, with two circles placed on either side of the two larger circles, with a connecting avenue, leading into the top circle.
The smaller of the three main circles, is what I regard as the head circle. This had a connecting avenue, separating the other to circles. The floor construction inside this top circle contained two spiralled circles, or in this case eddies, as they were both positioned off from its centre. The avenue which lead to the top circle, merged with the circle floor construction, resulting in the circle lay flowing over the top of the avenue. The two eddies inside the top circle merged together, creating an intriguing construction of a circle, which is rarely seen, as the were both flowing in two directions, anticlockwise and clockwise..
The middle circle, and the largest of the three, contained two small circles on opposite sides, placed slightly away from the main circle, creating a small curtain of crop separating the two. The two small circles both had a rotation of clockwise as well as the middle circle itself.
The end circle also had two circles on opposite sides, but the floor construction on the end circle contained an outer perimeter pathway, about 2ft across, but the actual floor construction was not a proper spiral, as the plants just inside of the pathway faced inwards, as it was only at the centre were the crop was rotated in a clockwise spiral.
The two circles on either side of the circle had very neat spirals. The small circle placed below the main circle (as viewed from the the road opposite) contained a wonderful centre with individual plants splayed out from its middle.
A intriguing formation, and a wonderful finish to an exciting weekend.
Report by Stuart Dike.