Fonthill Down, nr Chicklade, Wiltshire

Please note: we regret to report that this circle has now been cut out by the farmer.

This very pretty design appeared close to Chicklade, not far from Salisbury. In fact, as we flew over this circle we could see the great spire of Salisbury cathedral from the aircraft.

It another very attractive six-fold design placed rather beautifully between a strip of trees in an adjacent field and what appeared to be a circle of trees in the field where the circle was located – it was nestled beautifully in a small dip in the field. Despite only been reported a day earlier there were several visitors in the field enjoying the late afternoon sunshine. Be aware however, as we do not have any tacit evidence the farmer is allowing anyone into his field.

The design once again was six-fold in geometry, a nice play on overlapping circles to create a rather exotic central flower with curved arms extending from each petal and a terminating in a circle. See the Geometry Gallery below for images and further details.

Photographic Enlargements: are now available of many of the 2017 crop circles click here to see our fantastic range.

Visiting the Circles? If you are thinking of visiting any crop circles this summer, please read our Visiting the Crop Circles section. It’s full of useful information and etiquette for visiting the countryside and the crop circles. Please remember that you should not enter any fields without the express permission of the farmer.

Please Help to keep us Flying in 2017: If you have enjoyed looking at our pictures and information please consider making a small donation to keep us flying. There are so few of us left regularly recording the circles it’s really important that we continue. And while some now use drones to record the circles, it is important that there are still images taken from aircraft where the best quality camera equipment can be used and images that include the broad vista of the landscape can be taken. This kind of photography is expensive and it gets harder with each passing year to raise the funds we need to continue our work, but if everyone who regularly looked at this website made a small donation we would meet the funds we need. You can make a donation here. You could also purchase a photo print of this circle here.

NOTE: Some of the images below are beautiful landscape scenes. Click on each image to enlarge them and see the whole picture.

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Geometry Gallery

The design once was six-fold in geometry, a nice play on overlapping circles to create a rather exotic central flower with curved arms extending from each petal and a terminating in a circle. Note the way the petals are slightly cut off at the centre (as they would appear in a real flower) and the way the smaller outer circles are not centred on the perimeters of the six large circles, but slightly above each one – very nice details.

Karen currently has a section of her original paintings (from 2017) for sale. Click here to see the paintings available.