Local Youngsters Gain Heritage Lottery Fund support
A grant of £23,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) Young Roots scheme is enabling young people from Frome and Devizes to explore the mystery and maths of crop circles as part of the ‘Measuring the Land’ project, an extraordinary finale for the Break 3 creative maths programme.
“We wanted to find a way of bringing geometry to life in the biggest way possible”, said project manager Jo Plimmer. “We looked at the landscape of where we are, on the borders of Somerset and Wiltshire, and saw crop circles, and the prehistoric barrows and monuments that pre-date them. We were overjoyed when HLF were bold enough to support us!”
The project has been devised by Rook Lane Arts Trust, with Young People Frome and Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes.
“A key theme of our Young Roots programme is to encourage young people to find original and exciting ways of exploring their heritage. The Measuring the Land project aims to make innovative connections between the past and the present, using the young participants’ existing skills, as well as helping them learn new ones”.
Richard Bellamy, Acting Head of Heritage Lottery Fund South West
2 Comments
Violet Pandora
Kind Attn: Jo Plimmer
There is an official statement from the farmer of Juggler’s Lane, near Yatesbury, Wiltshire on whose land a crop circle appeared on 17th July 2012. He states that Jo Plimmer and his students at Rook Lane Arts Trust, with Young People Frome and Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes created with their own hands this beautiful perfect 200 feet wide hexagon with 12 petaled flower crop circle at Juggler’s Lane, near Yatesbury, Wiltshire.
This is truly amazing!! We would like to see photos/ video of the children along with you making/creating this amazing crop circle at Juggler’s Lane, near Yatesbury, Wiltshire on 16th / 17 July 2012
Kindly post the pictures of students creating these crop circle at Juggler’s Lane, near Yatesbury, Wiltshire on 16th July 2012 so we can all admire and share it on facebook.
Awaiting eagerly photos of students creating this amazingly perfect crop circle!!
Thank You and Best Wishes
Violet
19 Jul 2012 10:07 am (@Twitter)
Jo Plimmer
Dear Violet
Thanks for your enthusiasm and interest in our Measuring the Land project. Hopefully our press release, just posted to the web-site, and images, answer your queries about Jugglers Lane.
Best wishes
Break 3 team
23 Jul 2012 05:07 pm
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