Avebury Stone Circle, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire. Reported 2nd August
Updated Monday 10th August 1998
images © 1998 Steve Alexander
AVEBURY RING
An exceeding large and thick ring appeared near Avebury in wheat, August 2nd. The 300 foot diameter is in the same field where the "Web" or "Dream Catcher" was in 1994. Six thin arcs can be seen in the laid crop, which slightly overlap one another in an odd way, and leave a large gap in the ring.
© 1998 Peter R. Sørensen
FIELD REPORT
The immediate fields around the famous Stone
Circle at Avebury have witnessed quite a number of formations since the late eighties.
Probably the most spectacular formation to be seen from the Stone Circle ramparts was
"The Web" design in 1994. This particular formation was created over two nights,
with unusual lights seen in the area.
The new design for this year is not as spectacular, but was created on such a scale, that
it covers five tramlines in total! This would make it about 300ft in diameter, and
incorporates a large outer ring, with a central circle, and a rather unusual floor
construction. Its location is almost in the exact spot of "The Web", but is
placed further out into the field.
The width of the outer ring is around 22 meters across, with a clockwise rotation, but
what was so unusual about the construction of the ring, were the six arcs, or semi circles
which were underlying pathways placed at interlocking points around the ring. One
particular section of crop was without its underling arc, as if whatever made it didn't
need it, or couldn't fit it with the rest? The pathways themselves were around 45 metres
in diameter, which would have meant that they would all touch the
inner section of standing crop, drawing a centre from the outer edge of the ring. What we
can't understand is why they would have done this, just for a box standard outer ring
(although very large) these underlying tracks serve really no purpose, or did they?
Perhaps the CircleMakers intentions were of designing something else?
Placed within the centre was a single circle, but with no ordinary floor pattern. The
third tramline within the formation ran through the exact centre of the circle, but the
pattern was not of a spiral, it resembled a splay, with tight turns of flattened crop
around the outer edge, and pressed quite firmly to the floor.
Quite a number of standing stems were present within the outer ring, and from the air its
appearance is very impressive, but the overall floor construction was average.
Report by Stuart Dike
