Hackpen Hill, nr Broad Hinton, Wiltshire 9th June 2018, Barley, 180ft approx..

This circle was reported on Saturday the 9th of June. It lies in a field of barley close to the chalk white horse on Hackpen Hill and measures approximately 180ft in diameter. Hackpen Hill is a regular site for crop circles and many have been seen here over the years. They do not always occur in the same field every year, sometimes they appear at the top of the hill by the ancient Ridgeway path that connects Hackpen, Avebury and onto Barbury Castle. However, this field did have a circle in 2017.

The design of this formation bears a close resemblance to the formation at the Rollright Stones at the end of last season (2017). The stretched pentagrams and the marriage of four (square) and five (pentagram stars) is definitely a variation on the same theme. The 2017 Rollrights formation was a really innovative solution for marrying four and five-fold geometry – it was commented upon by several geometers I know. Unlike at the Rollrights where the geometry and symmetry were accurate, here there is a clear asymmetry to the design, with two of the stars having one elongated point. The central circle has a quintuplet of circles that are connected by a thin ring, once again the symmetry is not accurate, consequently the whole design looks slightly off-centre and distorted. The nearby Hackpen White Horse was cut to commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. Read more on our website..