FloweofLifeLessNess2006

These two formations were found lying in a large sloping field of maturing oats, that's situated fairly close to the busy A229. The larger of the two was a six-fold variation of a "Genesis Flower" with quite a large-laid circle as its centrepiece. The other formation which sat quite close to it, was a clockwise laid circle which featured a reasonably attractive standing tuft at its centre. This circle was also surrounded by a ring...something that commonly appeared in our fields during the late 80's to early 90's. These types generally became known as "ringers".

It came as somewhat a surprise to learn that both the designs that were employed here were featured in recent articles I've posted on this site.

And what's more the actual ringed circle that's appears here is a dead ringer for the Cheesefoot Head formation that appeared in '87 that I chose to illustrate my article with!

Suspicions were first aroused about its authenticity, when visitors realised that quite a number of the laid plants had obvious board-marks on their flattened stems...something that's easily detectable in un-ripened crop. It was also noted that the standing crop was seen to "square off" in places...again, something that's always easy to confirm when you have a good aerial (cheers AK!)