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A formation @ East Kennet nr Avebury. Wiltshire.
Reported 2/7/00 (Wheat)
Not far from the enigmatic Silbury Hill & West Kennet long
barrow nr Avebury (A4) lies our latest offering from the increasingly ambitious circle makers. As in pervious years,
this powerful area appears to be at the hub of crop circle activity in Wiltshire.
This latest design left us in a state of mild confusion when we first visited the scene on the day the formation arrived, largely
due to the sheer number of sections that make up the central component of this extremely bizarre formation.
What we have here is a circle of downed wheat with a diameter of (approx) 180ft. Within this sizable circle is a
standing square with sides measuring 139ft in length. OK, that I can handle, from here on in things get a little confusing. The
square component of the formation has been carved up into an amazing 1600
pieces, in a square this size, with such a dense area of up and down crop it proved near impossible to
get a grip on the overall pattern before us. Walking around in this maze of woven paths and intricate layering left me in a
total spin, I think the best word to describe this formation from zero elevation would be, incomprehensible. With the
above observations in mind it is worth noting that throughout the whole complex design there was very much a look and
feel of quality, the construction of the square has been executed with great skill & precision. Standing back
and seeing a coherent pattern emerge from such a seemingly chaotic area of up & down sections of wheat was
rather surprising and quite spectacular.
For us this crop circle had a very heavy and somewhat oppressive feel and flavour, not unlike the
feelings we felt whilst visiting the earlier & equally spectacular Windmill Hill optical illusion formation.
Lets hope for something a little more yin soon.
Charles R Mallett
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Images Charles R Mallett Copyright 2000
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