Badbury Rings Pentagram
Badbury Rings, near Shapwick, Dorset
In July 2024 a five-armed, pentagram-like formation appeared beside Badbury Rings, a great Iron Age hillfort near Wimborne. Each arm ended in a flared shape, with two thin strips of standing crop running along it.
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- When
- 19 July 2024
- Where
- 50.8213, -2.0459
- Group
- Crop circles
Visiting
Badbury Rings is National Trust land with free access and parking.

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