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FIELD REPORT

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Images A.J.Samuels Copyright 2000

Diagram A.J.Samuels Copyright 2000

The formation is situated high on a hillside in a field of golden wheat, on a steep slope, and is clearly visible from a wide area. The crop would appear to be organic barley, with quite short plants uneven in height and spacing, plenty of wild grass etc interspersed with the crop, and no tram lines from tractor spraying. There are however seed lines just wide enough to walk up which permit access to the formation without damaging the crop. These were largely overgrown with weeds etc and the one I used showed no sign of previous entry.

There is a large main circle about 120ft diameter with an offset standing centre. This circle has by far the best flow pattern of the whole formation, with complex swirls surrounding the standing area. Scattered around the main circle are about 11 other circles of varying sizes all joined by narrow pathways which run under the lay of the flattened crop within the circles themselves. 6 of these circles are arranged in a roughly straight line running across the slope, while the other 5 follow a curving path down the hill, the lower ones in particular lying on such a steep incline it is difficult to stand up in them. All these circles appear to be swirled clockwise, and in general are quite neat (allowing for the state of the crop), although some of the centres are a little untidy. Overall the layout of the formation gives the impression of having been created 'on the fly' rather than being a predetermined design. A pleasing effort, though, especially compared with the amateurish rubbish which has appeared in this area in previous years.

Report by A.J.Samuels

Four circles spread across the field with one of the circle with a standing tuft  in the centre.

There's a circle that's appeared here in Bristol today. You can see it  from Whitchurch quite clearly, up the hill out of town. I'm not entirely 
sure of the street name, but I think we turned off Wells Road onto New  Fosseway road (right hand turn by the Post Office) to get to the site. It 
appears to be a large 'S' shape with a short line through the middle. If you  want to have a look though I'd try to be quick as there are a lot of bald 
fields near it, so it'll probably be harvested soon...

Reported by John Ware