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Oliver's Castle, Nr Devizes, Wiltshire. Reported 15th April.
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Peter
Sorensen Copyright 2007
It’s been over a month since the formation
appeared in oilseed rape (canola) on top of Beacon Hill at Oliver’s
Castle (hill fort) North of Devizes, so with the yellow flowers
mostly disappeared from other rape fields you might think that the
crop circle wouldn’t be much to look at now. But I remembered how
the 1999 Eclipse crop circle was spectacular after the flowershad
disappeared from the surrounding field, but were still in the
flattened part of that formation -- because downed plants keep
blooming longer in an effort to overcome their disadvantage.
So when I flew to shoot the Star on Morgan’s
Hill, I figured it was worth a side trip over to Oliver’s castle to
see if that crop circle was in the magical stage. And sure enough,
the design was boldly standing out in yellow against the dull green
of the rest of the field whose plants had gone to seed.
This simple but stunning design appeared when I
was still in The States, on May 15th -- the first circle event of
the 2007. At 333 feet in diameter it’s the largest circular
formation ever in rape.
Peter
Sorensen |
THE SUNDIAL
Image
John Dove Copyright 2007
Oliver's Castle as a
megalithic sundial
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This
circle glyph was discovered from the air around noon on April 15th.
It sits alongside Oliver’s Castle near Devizes, Wiltshire and can be
viewed from the Castle embankment.
The
glyph is in a field of flowering oil-seed rape. Crop is standing at about
four feet high.
The
pattern spans across 333ft of the field with the outer ring of the main
circle measuring 33ft width. Seven arcs, each approximately 5ft wide cut
through the central body of the circle.
Even
though this formation was reported today all indications on the ground
point towards it having been around for at least two days. Much of the
crop is fully recovered to its original upright growing position, with no
damage sustained to this portion of the crop. About half of the crop that
is still laid down is un-broken and continuing to grow horizontal, whilst
the other half of the still downed crop is damaged by agencies unknown at
this time.
Silent Circle CRM
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Four megalithic sundials:
geometrical
and astronomical analyses
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Images
Lucy Pringle
Copyright 2007
Image
John Dove Copyright 2007
Reconstruction of the
2007 Oliver's Castle formation
By Zef Damen
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The 2007 season opener in Wiltshire is
clearly an extremely well defined continuation of the three dimensional
events from 2006.
The crop formation at Oliver’s Castle
is an important first event for the season. Last year we were witnessing
the message of the time portals in the fields, an exciting and dramatic
change in direction for the Circlemakers. This dynamic image beside the
Hill Fort just outside of Devizes is a clear demonstration of what could
be in store for us in the coming months.
From the aerial photograph it would first appear that there
is some kind of referencing towards the five tramlines that cut through the
design. However the central tramline is slightly off from the formation’s
centre to create the outer ring, which is rather cunning in its creation.
The Master is at work again!
Stuart Dike
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http://www.kornkreise-forschung.de
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FOR VISITING THE CROP
CIRCLES.
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Images Nick
Nicholson
Copyright 2007
Diagram
Bertold Zugelder Copyright 2007
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