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Images Charles R Mallett Copyright 2000
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The first formation of the year in wheat has arrived close to the Wiltshire village of
East Kennet. For many years this area has been at the hub of circle activity in southern England. This trend seems to be continuing into this year with this latest
somewhat ropey offering.
The formation is in a field of wheat that is so immature it still has no seed heads to
speak of, the crop stands at only two feet high.
At first glance from the roadside the glyph looks rather like a simple line drawing. At a
second glance closer up one sees that the formation is a simple line drawing on a
large scale. The formation spans three tramlines and is (approx) 200ft in diameter.
The perimeter is made up of two rings, the outer ring is ten to twelve inches wide
while the inner ring is two feet wide and five feet in from the inner edge of the outer
ring. The centre is made up of an equilateral triangle touching the inner ring, the
pathways of the triangle are one and a half feet wide. Sitting on top of the triangle are
three rings one and a half feet wide that overlap at the centre of the formation and
reach out to the edge of the inner perimeter ring, at each point of the triangle
there are small grapeshot bunched up at the centre, these lie just outside the main
formation. There are also a few additional grapeshots around this formation.
The floor was very much a mess with obvious mud & boot marks all over the formation. The problem with formations with such thin paths is as soon as just a few
people have been in and walked around the whole formation loses something of it's
mystique & feel.
On the whole this formation is rather unimpressive with a slightly sloppy finish to it.
To be updated with photos & drawings
Charles R Mallett
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