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Image David Russell Copyright 2001
Image Andy Thomas Copyright 2001
Field Report.
One mile north of the new Hollingbury formation (see separate report), another design appeared
the same night, still west of the road which crosses from Ditchling Beacon to the A27, but
much closer to the Beacon itself, the highest point on the downs for many miles around.
This pattern can best be seen from the road when heading north from the A27 to the Beacon,
though the view of it is not so good as for the Hollingbury formation.
Effectively, this is a bubble cluster of one large ring connected to two smaller ones, connected
in some as yet uncertain way to a yet smaller ring. Like Hollingbury, a thin central pathway
crosses the formation. The crop is most probably wheat but unconfirmed.
Further details and aerial shots will hopefully follow soon. (Thanks to David Kingston for
relaying the initial report.)
Field Report by ANDY THOMAS
Southern Circular Research & Swirled News.
Addendum report by ANDY THOMAS of Southern Circular Research, 31st July.
Our survey team went into this formation last night, with permission of the farmer, who we
again thank for his cooperation.
From the road, this looked like a rather haphazard collection of rings, however, inside, it is a
very neatly laid and beautiful formation.
This can now be confirmed to be in WHEAT.
The pattern is a cluster of large rings and small circles around 250' across. The largest ring is
134' and is attached to other rings of 71' and 81', with assorted small circles ranging from 10'
downwards in some kind of curve configuration. We hope aerial shots will reveal it's exact
nature, but it appears to be some kind of 'cosmic pawprint', more complex than, but not
entirely unlike, the formation at Clayton last year.
The circles, in particular, are meticulously laid and all anticlockwise. The rings, around 12'
wide, are also anticlockwise, though the flow in the largest one sweeps almost straight across
from the perimeter inwards at one point.
Like the nearby Hollingbury formation, there is a thin path which crosses the formation, but in
this case it may have been added afterwards. There is also a very obvious short path to the
centre of the main ring from a crossing tramline. Why any human circlemaker worth their salt,
able to produce a formation of this quality, would then spoil it by trudging so obviously through
the standing crop is a mystery, however, and this may also have been added by visitors.
Diagrams by Barry Reynolds and Martin Noakes will hopefully appear on
www.cropcircleconnector soon, together with aerial photos.
ADDENDUM REPORTS #2
Addendum report by ANDY THOMAS of Southern Circular Research, 31st July.
Further scrutiny of this formation in a second visit today has revealed that the thin path which
crosses the formation does, in fact, underlay the laid rings, meaning that, like Hollingbury, the
path is an integral part of the formation, not an addition as previously supposed.
Closer inspection reveals that there are a number of thin paths crossing the formation, several
at strange places which seem to have no geometric or constructive function, however, sceptics
will doubtless draw their own conclusions.
Incidentally, though this formation is assumed to have appeared the same night as the
Hollingbury pattern, it was not actually spotted until a day later, on 28th July.
ANDY THOMAS
Southern Circular Research/Swirled News
Some shots of both formations, taken from the road, are attached with this e-mail. (Photos by
ANDY THOMAS)
Southern Circular Research has been operating since 1991 and gathers and disseminates
information on Sussex crop circles. it meets once a month at its headquarters in Burgess Hill,
West Sussex, and operates a global circle news website at www.swirlednews.com
FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact ANDY THOMAS on info@swirlednews.com
Location: Ditchling beacon (off the A27), east Sussex
Crop: wheat
Description: circles in a curved shape starting large turning to smaller ones, approx 200 feet
long
Discovery: 29th July 2001
Name: Jane Styles |
