The Avebury Avenue Formation

Friday - July 3, 1998

An aerial shot by Steve Alexander ©1998

To the west of the Avebury Avenue and overlooking the stones from a gently rising field, this formation continues the theme of the six-petalled flower though we have had nothing quite like this before. A laid circle of about 70' diameter was surrounded by six petals which are in turn enclosed by a laid, "scalloped" circular enclosure.

The central circle was beautifully swirled anti-clockwise. Crop circles are never truly circular but in this case the cross dimensions were very consistent. The circle is surrounded by six petals of the type which are now classics. Based roughly on an equilateral triangle, the internal surface is concave (matching the curve of the centre circle) and the two outer edges are convex. This petal form with one concave and two convex sides has been used since at least 1991 when it appeared in Barbury Castle's northernmost element.

The whole flower is enclosed by a scalloped enclosure of clockwise lay. There are six scallops which at the widest point form a roughly circular shape of about 140' in diameter. Each of these six large curves swoops in towards the petal-point at each end, leaving a space of about 4'. At each point there is, within the standing crop, a beautifully made circle of about 3' diameter each of which contains - as we have come to expect - an elegant masterpiece of tight swirling.




A drawing by Michael Glickman ©1998

Curiously, the formation is distorted on the north side. The northernmost petal seems to have been pushed in and made smaller, and the two related scallops have shifted inwards with it.

On the afternoon of the first day, some kids were discovered making extra circles around the perimeter. They were chased away, but the damage had been done before - I believe - any aerial record was made. I have not seen the damage but it should be noted that there were only six small circles originally.

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