Keysley Down, nr West Knoyle, Wiltshire

Reported 10th June 2018, 150ft approx, barley.

We have flown a circle at Keysley Down previously, back in 1997 (you can find it in our 1997 image library), it was a small dumbbell design. This formation is not far from the location of the first crop circle of 2018 at Willoughby Hedge. This new formation has been placed beside two earthworks, the first the remnants of a small long barrow, and the second a small round barrow. It’s an incredibly pretty placement. With the addition of this third artefact in the field, the field now contains three landscape markers – which reflects the threefold nature of the crop circle design. This area of Wiltshire is covered with ancient earthworks and we have had many circles in this general location over the past few years.

This pattern is a variation on a traditional Triskelion – a three armed pattern exhibiting spiral and/or rotational symmetry. It is ubiquitous in human culture, it can be found at ancient sites dating back thousands of years on everything from standing stones, to temples and even household goods and jewellery.