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Images Graham & Janet Tucker Copyright 2000

Nestling on a hillside, less than a mile away from Eynsford village, is one of the most beautiful formations ever to appear in Kent.  We've had past difficulties locally with hostile farmers, but this time the Circlemakers have placed it on a public footpath known as the Darent Valley Path, which runs straight through it.  This approx. 350 ft formation in wheat, that's about a week old, consists of three large circles linked by arcs of smaller circles (11 in 2 of them, and 14 in the other) ... at least that's what we think, because some of us experienced disorientation and had to re-count several times (wow!).  The perimeter and some of the off-centered clock-wise swirls responded well to dowsing rods adding weight to the evidence of our experiences of residual energy.  There was no evidence of broken stems, except where visitors had obviously trod, and even weeds and thistles had obeyed the commands of the Circlemakers and had simply bowed down!
 
Ann Pedersen, David Taylor & Graham Tucker (Medway Crop Circle)

The Lullingstone Necklace

Diagram Graham Tucker Copyright 2000

The diagram is only a preliminary one and is designed just to show roughly what has appeared on a beautiful hillside overlooking the Darent Valley.  The smaller circles are probably not in correct proportion, as actual measurements were not available at the time.  It is proving very difficult to get an overall view of this formation.  An aerial shot is desperately required!  
 
Situated less than half a mile away is Lullingstone Roman Villa, which is recognised as one of the most important archeological finds of the last century.  It has beautiful mosaics and wall paintings dating from the 1st - 5th centuries.  There are many Roman buildings within this valley area but this is the best preserved site.
 
Graham Tucker Medway Crop Circle

Another big one in Kent on the side of the Darenth Valley. A large circle of circles - three approx 60ft diameter with eleven circles in between each large circle of diminishing sizes.  The diameter  of the whole formation (paced down the tramline) by David Thomas is approx. 340ft. More info. and photos after next visit. This probably appeared round about 21st /22nd June but was not reported until Saturday last.
 
Joyce Galley, Kent CCCS Coordinator.

UPDATE #1

More on the latest Kent formation. It appears that this was first reported to the farmers at least ten days ago not as recently as we supposed. There was a full moon during the dates when this could have formed - round about 15th/16th June. Tom Baker has taken a roll of film so the best of these will be forwarded when available.

The first walkabout in the circles identified 36 circles with two undecided because they were so small that at first glance they did not appear to be circles but a few downed stalks of corn. When we looked at these more closely there were signs of a few splayed stalks in the centre of each so we will count these too giving an overall total including the three large circles of 39 in all. All circles were laid clockwise, and at the risk of sounding too subjective the whole formation resembled a giant circular doodle!. The largest circle measured 85ft and the smallest 2ft. From a distant shot on camcorder the formation appeared circular. A good aerial shot would help. We did not enter the standing crop to search for a centre and the original paced measurement of the diameter was made on the tramline nearest to where the centre might have been if indeed there was one,. which I doubt because of the vast area of standing crop in the centre of the ring. There were standing stalks on the outer edges of tramlines where these bisected some of the circles, forming a thin curtain of stems across part of the circles. The crop had been heavily laid beneath the top clockwise layer which still retained much of the bloom. There were broken bases to some of the wheat stems but as many were found unbroken, lying flat to the ground. As a public footpath ran through one of the larger circles I was surprised to find so many undamaged stems.

Joyce Galley, CCCS Kent Branch

UPDATE #2

The second set of circles just outside Eynsford, on the same side of the valley as the circle of circles already notified, includes one approx. 50ft plus a second small one with no connecting pathway offset below.  Another small circle was noted two weeks or so ago near a broken down fence in the same field which has been noted.
 
Joyce Galley (CCCS Kent)

I had an insight and located the crop circle easily. It is in Eynsford Village but cannot be seen directly from the road. From the High Street take the road signposted to Lullingstone Roman Villa and then turn right up the hill having just gone under the railway viaduct to Eagle Heights, where there is a Birds of Prey centre. (This is a very pretty place and it's worth going just for the view).  The crop circle is on the top of the hill in a field of green wheat.  There is a public footpath right through it making access very easy, although during my visit I saw a lot of local kids playing in it and starting to damage its shape.

Report by Graham Blakesley