Crop Circle at Waden Hill, nr Avebury, Wiltshire. Reported 5th July.

This simple but pleasant branching formation appeared on Waden
Hill early in July.

The farmer was furious and kicked out early croppies. Several
days later a police car actually drove into the field to chase
out visitors -- causing a thousand times more damage than the
researchers!

Waden Hill, Avebury 5/7/01 Report

Two colleagues and myself discovered this little glyph at 0430 HRS on Thursday after an uneventful night watch at the
nearby Silbury hill monument.

The formation spans (approximately) Eighty feet across a field of young wheat and is situated high on the hill overlooking the main Avebury car park.

What is it!

Three circles connected by arching pathways. The circles are all of different proportions ranging from (approx) thirty-five feet diameter to fifteen feet. The connecting paths are (approx) three feet wide. There is also a very small circle placed halfway along and on top of one of the curved paths of laid crop.

As we entered the glyph it was quickly apparent that the laid plants had been put down with some force. The whole formation was very flat to the floor and had suffered considerable trauma due to the application of a substantial weight to the delicate stems. The results of the flattening process has left most of the plants with extensive crush marks and a large proportion of the laid plants were severely damaged in one way or another.

I would expect that from the air this formation would appear neat and simplistically pleasing to many observers.

© Charles R Mallett 2001

Location: Near Silbury Hill and West Kennet across the auto park from Avery Standing
Stones - in southern England, UK
Crop: Wheat
Description: 2 full circles connected - one small to one large with a hooked arm running down
parallel to the smaller circle
Discovery: July 6, 2001
Reported by Steve Johnston