FDG CASE FILE: 1966/KNT-WW/73
Filed By: Field Operative E. Thorne
Date: 19 October 1966
Location: Black Hill Grove, Kent
Classification: Ritual Nursery – Incomplete Termination (Reawakened)

SUMMARY
Incident began with an off-record contact from a retired military nurse serving in a local maternity unit. Subject described a neonatal anomaly consistent with pre-modern fae birthing patterns: a living infant with a complete absence of facial features, possessing movement and breath but no functional orifices or sensory organs. A woven sigil was found embedded in the lower spine.
The mother displayed ritual contamination: lullaby recitation in unknown meter, symbolic self-harm, and compulsive textile patterning resembling cradle-binding rites.
Cross-referenced incident with archived 1954 case (Black Hill Grove), previously sealed under fire-order sterilisation.

SITE STATUS
Black Hill Grove was initially marked neutralised after partial combustion of a containment barn. However, field investigation revealed intact root structures and unbroken fae tethering, with dozens of wicker cradles discovered suspended from the surrounding trees. Many contained partial or prototype lifeforms composed of:
Human hair
Infant clothing threads
Woven plant matter (hawthorn, baby’s breath, yarrow)
Bone fragments and rusted pins
Untranslatable name-tags sewn in red thread
A central nest (“the womb”) was discovered beneath the grove, housing a half-formed being that had partially gestated via psychic tether through the human mother.

CONTAINMENT ACTIONS
Conducted low-light reentry with salt-thread wards
Engaged containment rite using binding protocols recovered from pre-Institute Thorne family archives
Operative C. Prewett volunteered for anchor-rite, binding himself to the dormant core as a warding tether. He is now classified as Unreturned.
The entity was deconstructed through memory-rune severance and emotional unravelling. All visible structures collapsed into soil. Final cradle tags incinerated or buried under ironstone rings.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Classify Black Hill Grove as Tier 1 Passive Dormancy Site
Deny access to all future FDG trainees until full root expiration is confirmed (projected: never)
Add the following to Restricted Archive:
Tag: “Made for the hour no one speaks of”
Audio fragment: Untranslated lullaby (file ref: WW-LUL/66)
Evelyn Thorne’s cufflink sketch of grove layout
Maintain annual observation during equinox and solstice periods

FIELD NOTES (E. THORNE – HANDWRITTEN)
“This site was not forgotten. It was allowed to wait.
The cradles weren’t built to comfort or to heal.
They were grown to finish what we cannot name.
Charles held it back for now. But if the womb learns to bloom again—we may not be so lucky.”