Junction 36, M1, nr Hoyland, South Yorkshire. Reported 29th July.

CROP FORMATIONS IN SOUTH AND WEST YORKSHIRE, 1999

4. BIRDWELL, NORTH OF M 1 JUNCTION 36. NEAR BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE. Grid Ref: SE 340(119.

FIRST REPORTED SIGHTING: 29 Junc 1999.

LOCATION: East side of M I, 1 1.25 miles north of Ml Junction 36, north of Rockley Lane bridge. Samc site as last year’s "Junction 36 Sunflower

FARMER: Not known.

DESCRIPTION: Approximate dimensions obtained by pacing: an 18ft diameter, laid circle surrounded by a standing ring 6ft. wide, a laid ring 3ft wide, a standing ring 300ft wide and a laid ring I8ft. wide. Two outward facing half rings 3ft. wide are cut into the circumference of the 3Oft. standing ring one on the east side and one on the west.

CROP: Wheat.

SOIL: Hilly terrain, limestone soil.

INSPECTED: 30th June, by Kevin and Maggie Maw.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Ground level by Nick Nicholson.

REPORT: by Kevin and Maggie Maw, 15 The Quadrant, Totley, Sheffield SI? 4DB (Tel: t) 0114 236 4093.)

Centre for Crop Circle Studies : East Midlands Branch

Tony Caldicott, Branch Co—Ordinator, 514 Moor Road, Bestwood Village. Nottingham NG6 8UN.

Telephone: (0115) 979 5333.

There is a new formation at J36 on the east side of M1 same field as last years rose. There is a possibility it formed between
11am and 2.30pm I looked hard on the way up in the morning and could see no sign of it but it poked me in the eye at 2.30pm. Bear in mind however going North one is on the very low side of the M1 so I may have missed it, I did try hard to see any sign though. It is a small circle enclosed by a wide ring of standing crop and a narrow ring outside with two half circle cut outs in the wide ring pictures later.

Reported by Nick Nicholson (Circular Review)