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Earlier today, (1st
May) I went up to The Roundway Formation, entering from the tramline
nearest the big clump of trees. I thought the inconsistencies of the
crop interesting, and as follows:~
The large flattened outer circle, which is clockwise appears quite
soiled in parts, (more likely due to weather than foot
traffic, as the stems have started to rise upwards again.) As I
walked around, I noticed a slight variance in the width, it seems to
‘snake’ in + out at regular intervals, not related to where the
‘flares’ of the formation enter the outer circle.
The ‘flares’ join the outer circle with some pretty neat weaving.
All of the stems I examined still have the dusty bloom, however, I
did find a few rows of crop that are up rooted, or broken at the
base, with chip marks in them.
Working inwards, all the rings are clockwise. With the larger of the
flattened inner circle
(No 5) is very flattened and muddy,
No 4 is flattened and clean, no weathering or foot damage…
No 3, is slightly raised and muddy, apparently weathered…
No 2 is flattened and clean
No 1 is proper flattened and very muddy, consistent with a small
number of visitors.
Squashed and mashed is how I describe the crop within in the centre.
The clockwise centrepiece is larger, twisted and bent, also some
breakages, (which appear fresher than the breakages within the outer
circle) is reminiscent of the centre pieces at West Kennet, and
again is off centre, being only approx 2ft from the West and approx
2ft from the North points, whilst being approx 4feet from the East,
and 4feet from the South.
Overall the formation has the appearance of few visitors, yet is
rather battered in places.
As Saturn is in our night sky at present, This glyph brings to mind,
images of Spinning Saturn, the gas giant, which is the 6th
planet from our sun (6 rings in total), has 6 named rings A~F, with
dust ‘spokes’ emissions.
JIC
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