Medway Crop Circle Pre-1989 Page

Crop Circles in Kent - Pre 1989.................

SINGLE CIRCLE EVENTS IN KENT

PRIOR TO 1989

Since way back, Kent has been on the receiving end of a small number of single circles. Amongst the earliest we know of was quite a large circle that appeared near Sevington, which isn't far from Ashford. It appeared towards the end of the 1st W.W., during the summer of 1918.

Whilst we know Meopham received a corn circle back in '57, it was the Dover area in particular during the '50's that became a bit of a hot-spot. As children, a few local farmers in the Temple Ewell area recall playing in them, as far back as the '40's and '50's. Most were found in corn or oats, but later on in '66 someone found one in meadow grass.

What appears to be quite odd about our early circles though, is the unusual choice of canvas at times...Oats, beans, grass, peas and oh yes, a circle in brussell sprouts in a Faversham field back in '78!

Naturally details of these early events are pretty sketchy, but what's noticeable is that these circles appeared more or less in the right ball park...That's to say, close to our trackways and around other ancient bits within the Ashford / Dover environs. In recent years the single ones have remained in the Ashford area, with a notable effort arriving in wheat once again at Sevington in '96.

Now although reports of early-on Kent formations are pretty scarce, it's obvious that there were probably quite a few more around that must have gone unreported...(especially in the light of farmers mentioning that they used to play in them as kids!) Perhaps they only aroused local interest at the time, or maybe some were simply looked upon as a neat bit of lodging!

There's a natural tendency to dismiss such simple events as these, but quite often and especially of late, it's the single circles that are revealing some interesting floor lays. We still see single circles appearing amongst the "jawdroppers" and I think in some respects that there continuing presence is somewhat reminding us of what the phenomenon caught our attention with in the first place.