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Approximate diagram by Andy
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While driving east on the A27 past the Coldean area of Brighton on 16th July, I spotted a small
pictogram on hills to the south and went to investigate the next day.
The formation lies in a barley field just south of the Moulescoomb housing estate on the
eastern side of Brighton. The barley is very low in height, about 1' only. The pattern is
essentially a 21' circle with a 71' rectangular pathway (4' wide) emanating from its south side.
There is a very small 3' vague appendage jutting east from the end of the path.
There have been a number of scrappy designs found in this field in summers past. This year's
effort is extraordinary for one reason, though - aside from being slightly neater than previous
efforts, ALL THE CROP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GROUND AND PLACED IN A PILE!
There are almost no stems left in the soil and there is no discernible swirl - instead, there is a
large mound in the circle comprised of bunched stalks with soil around their roots, heaped up.
There is a much smaller pile near the southern end of the pathway.
If this is some kind of prank by youths from the local estate, it's a very odd one. The
formation, if it can be called that, has clearly defined edges, and some work must have gone
into removing the stems and piling them up. Was it originally a standard pictogram with laid
crop that was then pulled up as a way of destroying it? Is it some kind of agricultural
experiment? Or something else altogether? |
One for the oddity file.
Images Andy Thomas Copyright 2001
Field Report by
ANDY THOMAS
Southern Circular Research & Swirled News
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
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