Image © Graham Tucker 2001

Kent's 4th formation is a beautifully etched figure of 8 lying on a gentle hill-side, close to the village of Shoreham.  It's around a mile or so from Lullingstone Castle, and only a stone's throw from a hill-side cross, which was cut into the chalk as a local memorial to those lost during the First World War.  This is the second occasion that one has appeared close to a chalk cross (Lenham, near Maidstone, Kent, on the same date in August, would you believe - Aug. 19th 1999!).

Diagram © Graham Tucker 2001

The lay is extremely complicated.  A sense of water running over rocks, wouldn't be a bad description of it, because it simply flows.  The way it intricately fans and feathers out is certainly state of the art, and we have a couple of exquisite sculptured nests that have been thrown in for good measure.

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Image © Graham Tucker 2001
 
It's unlikely now that an aerial view will be taken for many reasons, one of which is that the Grim Reaper is in the area, so I have included a preliminary sketch which may not be entirely accurate.
 
GRAHAM TUCKER MEDWAY CROP CIRCLE