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Broad Hinton Spinner

Below Hackpen Hill, Wiltshire

The first crop circle of the 2023 season, a six-armed spinner.

The first circle reported anywhere in Britain in 2023 appeared in green barley near Broad Hinton, below Hackpen Hill. About 180 feet across, it was a six-armed spinner built on twelve-fold geometry, similar to a 2018 formation at All Cannings.

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When
28 May 2023
Where
51.4832, -1.8549
Group
Crop circles

Visiting

The farmer had not given permission for visitors. Hackpen Hill car park is close by.

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