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The Ridgeway, Avebury, Wiltshire

 

Reported April 14 2009

 

This first UK Crop formation of 2009 was discovered on the 14th of April and is located close to the Ridgeway and approximately one mile East of the ancient stone circle complex at Avebury.

The formation spans 118ft across the field of immature, 3ft high, Oil-Seed-Rape.

Much of the crop within the design has fully recovered itself to a vertical growing stance. Moderate damage to the still laid plants is well evident and could possibly be attributed to a small number of previous visitors to the glyph.

A small proportion of the laid plants was totally undamaged and continues to grow in a healthy fashion along the ground where it fell during the construction process. 

Report by Charles R Mallett.

Ground Shots Charles R Mallett (C) 2009


This formation is located here:
 
To the left of the trees and barrows

The formation is in Oil Seed Rape, which is about 3 feet high at the time of writing. The formation is barely visible from the track that leads from the barrows on the other side of the road to the Sanctuary towards the Sarsen fields.

To find it travel along the pathway about 1 mile and you will come to a part of the fence in the Oil Seed Rape field that is flat on the ground. By this point you may be able to see the formation. It is then the 5th or 6th tramline down.

The formation itself looks as though it has been on the ground for 5 - 7 days. The crop is recovering well and it was very hard for me to ascertain the exact design of the formation from the ground without doing more damage to the plants.

From what I could tell it consists of a large centre circle (in which there is twisted crop) and five or six rings with the outside one being the thickest. Some of the other rings cross each other, giving the impression that they are either offset from the centre or are elliptical.

In general there was little damage to the crop however there was evidence of scraping on some stems.
 

The formation is approximately 25 - 30ft in diameter.

Report by Rob Speight


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