Church Road, nr Barton-Le-Clay, Bedfordshire. Reported 11th June.
(2 Formations)

Map Ref: TL086300

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Image Russell Stannard Copyright 2007

 

 

Here are some shots of the two formations that have already been reported at Church Lane, Barton-le-Clay. I did not go in either of them as the weather was not that good. I will not be able to provide aerial shots of the formations. I think the hill shots show enough anyway.

Russell Stannard



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Diagram Paul Howard  Copyright 2007


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I came across this  formation  today (Monday 11th June) and discovered it was maybe only a day old, I  thought it worth reporting. The Pictogram is in a single field of wheat  overlooked by the Barton Hills as indicated by the map reference above.

 A real plus is that it is easily seen and therefore photographed from the  vantage point of a public footpath on the hills above which practically  surround the field in a horseshoe fashion.

 My partner and I went down into the field following the tractor marks and  managed to enter the larger of the two formations as indicated in the  enclosed diagram. Oddly enough though, whilst remembering the design of  that  one pretty well, neither of us can recall the pattern of the smaller  formation to the left which on the ground had proved too difficult to  access  without potentially disturbing the crop. I'm pretty pleased that we  managed  to enter and exit the larger pictogram without causing any damage, as it  was  my first real-life encounter with this phenomenon.

 Having witnessed it close up, the lay appeared very gentle and in perhaps  one metre strips. The 'cookie-cut' around the edges was very clean and  there  appeared to be no visible access tracks or disturbance around the  formation.  The crop appeared undamaged and not bent as such, but actually growing  from  ground level at an acute angle. Interestingly some individual stalks  within  a swathe of laid crop would remain upright as if completely untouched by  the gentle force that had laid all the others around it. It has to be said  mind, that on walking the shape we did find two lengths of red rope of  washing-line thickness within the lay and a crushed empty packet of  Lambert  & Butler Cigarettes on the ground in a nearby tractor lane. All of which  we  left in situ.  Nonetheless, it is an intriguing pictogram formation and I feel privileged  to have witnessed it so relatively untouched and 'clean'.

 Resuming our walk of the surrounding hills overlooking the design we  talked  to a chap who turned out to be the local volunteer ranger for the hills  (which is a wildlife area) and he told us that the smaller pictogram had  appeared perhaps four days ago whilst the larger one was only a day old. My  diagram is only a rough interpretation from memory as I didn't have a  camera  with me, and they're quite difficult to draw, let alone make 80 metres or  so  wide in a field in darkness! The smaller design which would be to the left  I  have left out, simply because I can't picture it in my head though I  recall  it to be comprised of three small circles that were linked. I hope this  info  helps yourselves or whoever you know locally who might want to make a  record  of this site...

Paul Howard


 

Image Russell Stannard Copyright 2007



Image Russell Stannard Copyright 2007



Stretched images by Chris Watts


Image William Betts Copyright 2007

Here are some ground shots I took in the Barton-le-clay crop circle yesterday morning. They were taken in the larger of the 2 formations.

 
William Betts

Dispaly until 31st August 2007


Image William Betts Copyright 2007



Image William Betts Copyright 2007


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