The Czech Republic formation at Uhřice (14th May 2012) seemed to me to be of great significance. It picks up the theme of nested arcs (particularly in Rape) demonstrated repeatedly over recent seasons. In 2010, on the 5th May, we had the complex Old Sarum formation which had six nested arcs. As Allan Brown was later to show, Old Sarum contained some remarkable number references. Then, on 16th May 2010 at Yarnbury, an enigmatic and exquisitely...
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There were two sibling sets, pairs or virtual twins which occurred in consecutive years, 1998 and 1999. The first pair, Clatford and Furze Hill explored the circle while the second pair, Windmill Hill and West Kennett dealt with squareness. These sets shared a specific and unique characteristic. The standing part of the design in one formation was laid down in its sibling and similarly, the laid crop in the first was switched to standing in the second.
Read MoreIn September 2000 I received a remarkable book from Germany. It was a beautifully laid out volume about the crop circles written and compiled by Bertold Zugelder, a graphic design student, as his graduation submission. He was to be awarded an A+ for the work, but much more important for us was the fact that this lovely book foretold Bertold’s initiation of cropcircle-archive.com (which is now cropcirclecenter.com) the most assiduous and...
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Hindsight, of course, is the most accurate of sciences. When writing about the Honey Street Lobsters formation I said, talking about two-stage formations, “after every phase, the design seems considered, poised and finished in its own right. There is rarely a sense that the formation is incomplete and awaiting an addition or expansion.” I was wrong. The beautiful Milk Hill formation of 6th July (just one mile north of the Lobsters and just one day after the lobsters second hit) was deliciously expectant from the moment it arrived.
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