The Guildford Storm Circles
Near Guildford, Surrey
In 1880 the scientist John Rand Capron wrote to the journal Nature about circular patches he had seen in a field of wheat near Guildford after a storm. The stalks were laid flat in round spots, surrounded by standing crop.
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- When
- 1880
- Where
- 51.2360, -0.5700
- Group
- Crop circles
Visiting
The exact field is not known, so this pin marks the area around Guildford.
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