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Wayland's Smithy Knot

Near Ashbury, Oxfordshire

A Celtic-style knot beside a 5,500-year-old tomb, cut out within two days.

A complex knot design about 180 feet across, set inside a circle and ring, appeared in wheat right next to Wayland's Smithy, the Neolithic long barrow on the Ridgeway. The farmer cut it out within about two days, so only a few aerial photographs exist.

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When
16 July 2026
Where
51.5616, -1.5977
Group
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Visiting

The circle is gone, but Wayland's Smithy is free to visit from the Ridgeway.

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Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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