Wayland’s Smithy Longbarrow, Oxon.

(Near Uffington)

Detail & Location: This circle was first reported on the 4th August 2023. The circle was in a field of  wheat close to Preston Candover, Hampshire. Google Maps Link. OS Grid Ref: SU 27987 85559. The circle measures approximately 180ft in diameter.

Visiting: You will need personal permission from the farmer to enter his field.

Location & History: This part of Wiltshire/Oxfordshire border is visited regularly by the crop circle phenomenon, nearby Uffington Whitehorse and Woolstone Hill have been the sites for many circles over the years. 

About this crop circle: This crop circle is actually the logo for the long-defunct Centre for Crop Circle Studies. Interestingly, the former Chairman, the late, Michael Green is about to have his book about the circles posthumously published later this year. 

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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 and you will need to be aware of and abide by any restrictions in place in the UK in response to the Covid-19 pandemic – which at the time of writing is none.

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Please Help to keep us Flying in 2023: We hope to take to the skies again in 2023 to record the circles that appear this summer. 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.

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