Alton Priors
UK20080722_A22 July 2008·Alton Priors, Wiltshire·wheat
Possibly the same formation as: these cross-site pairs are still open in the index review queue.
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Alton Priors (Wiltshire)(cc, tier C, score 0.75, rule adjacent_day, pair 85b889f2)
date 2008-07-23 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +1 d); place tokens shared: alton, priors; county Wiltshire == Wiltshire; country UK (cc_id) == UK (country_field) -
Avebury Manor (2) (Avebury Manor (2))(lp, tier C, score 0.60, rule county_only, pair 50cc8f89)
date 2008-07-22 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +0 d); county Wiltshire == Wiltshire; country UK (cc_id) == UK (country_field)
Reported 22 July 2008 in wheat at Alton Priors, Wiltshire. Two archives recorded it, and they give the same date.
The record
- date
- 22 July 2008 (day precision)
- place
- Alton Priors
Wiltshire
England - crop
- wheat
- size
- not recorded
- recorded by
- cc lp
- images
- 13 on the record, 3 attached · 3 diagram, 2 aerial, 8 other
- writing
- nothing was written about this formation on any source
Also called
South Field South Field, Alton Priors
Canonical name from the cropcirclecenter.com name; the rest are what the other source records print for the same formation.
Where exactly
- coordinate
- 51.359970, -1.842584
- how it was got
- os open names
place, to within 2,000 m, from the cc record - on a map
- OpenStreetMap
No source publishes a coordinate for any formation in this archive. Every coordinate here is derived from the place name a source printed, and this page says how precise that makes it rather than rounding it away.
Images
13 image(s) on this formation's own source records, and 3 more on 3 attached record(s) below. Click a tile for the full image; the bytes are fetched when you ask for them and are not stored in this page.
Diagrams (3)
diagram
cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder site default
diagram
cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder site default
diagram
cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder site default
| site | kind | credit | basis | caption | size | file | source page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cc | diagram | cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder | site default | crop circle at Alton Priors | July 22 2008 | 575×415 61.5 KiB image/jpeg |
image 1d7a580cd43a | https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2008/07/22/UK20080722_A.html |
| cc | diagram | cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder | site default | crop circle at Alton Priors | July 23 2008 | 575×415 82.0 KiB image/jpeg |
image b4a07f5f7574 | https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2008/07/22/UK20080722_A.html |
| cc | diagram | cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder | site default | 575×415 61.5 KiB image/jpeg |
image 1d7a580cd43a | https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/date/2008/200807.html |
Photographs (10)
aerial
Lucy Pringle image credit
aerial
Steve Alexander image credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
other
Lucy Pringle page credit
| site | kind | credit | basis | caption | size | file | source page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cc | aerial | Lucy Pringle | image credit | crop circle at Alton Priors | July 22 2008 | 575×415 68.5 KiB image/jpeg |
image e7bae29cf5ad | https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2008/07/22/UK20080722_A.html |
| cc | aerial | Steve Alexander | image credit | crop circle at Alton Priors | July 22 2008 | 575×415 77.2 KiB image/jpeg |
image 3713f2b559c7 | https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2008/07/22/UK20080722_A.html |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. Made over two nights, this shows the first part of construction. | 577×800 78.9 KiB image/jpeg |
image 98667e54b8f1 | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. Made over two nights, this shows the first part of construction. (photo 2) | 800×497 70.7 KiB image/jpeg |
image 51d4ba3dcd28 | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. Made over two nights, this shows the first part of construction. (photo 3) | 800×533 92.5 KiB image/jpeg |
image 270afbae48fa | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. The overall design loosely resembles an Escheresque pattern of recursively repeating 'swallows' in flight. (photo 4) | 800×545 70.1 KiB image/jpeg |
image 8be1b01d934e | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. The overall design loosely resembles an Escheresque pattern of recursively repeating 'swallows' in flight. (photo 5) | 800×533 86.0 KiB image/jpeg |
image b2431d1b6e6b | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. The overall design loosely resembles an Escheresque pattern of recursively repeating 'swallows' in flight.| (photo 6) | 800×563 82.0 KiB image/jpeg |
image 1f76a28f4a84 | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. The overall design loosely resembles an Escheresque pattern of recursively repeating 'swallows' in flight.| (photo 7) | 800×522 67.1 KiB image/jpeg |
image 72f35ddf0b32 | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| lp | other | Lucy Pringle | page credit | A complex formation comprising a number of curved designs, circles and 'fan' effects. The overall design loosely resembles an Escheresque pattern of recursively repeating 'swallows' in flight. (photo 8) | 800×680 77.3 KiB image/jpeg |
image 5bad406acabb | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
Attached photographs (3)
inferred link These pictures did not come with a source record of this formation. Each one is a single-photograph archive entry whose own date and place the index matched to this formation; nothing about the formation itself comes from them. The rule, the score and the evidence are printed with each record so the link can be checked, and the credit stays with the photograph.
Southfield Alton Priors, Wiltshire | 22nd July 2008 | Wheat OH
tt temporarytemples.co.uk · archive_image · 22 July 2008 ·
matched on date and place by the index (not confirmed by hand) · rule attach, tier B, score 0.90 ·
pair 843937b562e9 · decided 2026-09-15T03:03:25Z
- attachment: tt archive_image southfield-alton-priors-wiltshire-22nd-july-2008-wheat-oh
- date 2008-07-22 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +0 d)
- name tokens shared: alton, priors
- county Wiltshire == Wiltshire
- country UK (uk_county) == UK (cc_id)
- crop wheat == wheat
- the only entity the photograph's date and place fit (UK20080722_A)
| site | kind | credit | basis | caption | size | file | source page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tt | aerial | Steve Alexander / Temporary Temples | site default | Southfield Alton Priors, Wiltshire | 22nd July 2008 | Wheat OH | 600×423 292.7 KiB image/jpeg |
image ea0e3851e7fb | https://temporarytemples.co.uk/crop-circles/2008-crop-circles |
Southfield Alton Priors, Wiltshire | 22nd July 2008 | Wheat L2
tt temporarytemples.co.uk · archive_image · 22 July 2008 ·
matched on date and place by the index (not confirmed by hand) · rule attach, tier B, score 0.90 ·
pair 33c797c6ba6a · decided 2026-09-15T03:03:25Z
- attachment: tt archive_image southfield-alton-priors-wiltshire-22nd-july-2008-wheat-l2
- date 2008-07-22 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +0 d)
- name tokens shared: alton, priors
- county Wiltshire == Wiltshire
- country UK (uk_county) == UK (cc_id)
- crop wheat == wheat
- the only entity the photograph's date and place fit (UK20080722_A)
| site | kind | credit | basis | caption | size | file | source page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tt | aerial | Steve Alexander / Temporary Temples | site default | Southfield Alton Priors, Wiltshire | 22nd July 2008 | Wheat L2 | 600×402 235.7 KiB image/jpeg |
image e336bfb5ce32 | https://temporarytemples.co.uk/crop-circles/2008-crop-circles |
Southfield Alton Priors, Wiltshire | 22nd July 2008 | Wheat L
tt temporarytemples.co.uk · archive_image · 22 July 2008 ·
matched on date and place by the index (not confirmed by hand) · rule attach, tier B, score 0.90 ·
pair 3966e85e7731 · decided 2026-09-15T03:03:25Z
- attachment: tt archive_image southfield-alton-priors-wiltshire-22nd-july-2008-wheat-l
- date 2008-07-22 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +0 d)
- name tokens shared: alton, priors
- county Wiltshire == Wiltshire
- country UK (uk_county) == UK (cc_id)
- crop wheat == wheat
- the only entity the photograph's date and place fit (UK20080722_A)
| site | kind | credit | basis | caption | size | file | source page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tt | aerial | Steve Alexander / Temporary Temples | site default | Southfield Alton Priors, Wiltshire | 22nd July 2008 | Wheat L | 440×600 253.2 KiB image/jpeg |
image b7bd5e2cb3fc | https://temporarytemples.co.uk/crop-circles/2008-crop-circles |
Date
22 July 2008, to day precision. What a source records is the day a formation was found and reported.
- reported by
- cc: 22 July 2008 lp: 22 July 2008
- additions
- 2008-07-23 (cropcirclecenter “addition” entries)
- weekday
- Tuesday, day 204 of the year, ISO week 30, summer
- sun and moon
- 31.5 days after the June solstice; moon waning gibbous (83% lit), 4.2 days after the full moon (computed at 12:00 UTC; a reported date is a discovery date, not a creation date)
Place
What each source printed, and the coordinate derived from it. No source in this archive publishes a coordinate of its own.
- coordinate
- 51.359970, -1.842584 — place, ±2,000 m, by os_open_names, from the cc record
- on a map
- OpenStreetMap
| site | place | county | country | grid ref | what3words | fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cc | Wiltshire | England | 51.359970, -1.842584 place / os_open_names | |||
| lp | South Field, Alton Priors | Wiltshire | United Kingdom | none |
Crop and size
- crop
- wheat (cc: wheat, lp: —)
- diameter
- not recorded by any source
- size as written
- not recorded
Source records
What each source published, side by side. A row whose values differ across the sources is marked: the archive prints the disagreement rather than choosing a winner.
| field | cc cropcirclecenter.com | lp cropcirclephotographs.co.uk |
|---|---|---|
| id / slug differs | UK20080722_A | south-field-2008 |
| name differs | Alton Priors | South Field |
| location | South Field, Alton Priors | |
| county | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| country differs | England | United Kingdom |
| date reported | 2008-07-22 | 2008-07-22 |
| date precision | day | day |
| crop | wheat | |
| size | ||
| diameter (ft) | ||
| grid reference | ||
| what3words | ||
| map link | ||
| credits differs | Lucy Pringle, Steve Alexander, cropcirclecenter.com / Bertold Zugelder | Lucy Pringle |
| source page differs | https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/date/2008/200807.html | https://www.cropcirclephotographs.co.uk/photos/2008/uk2008be.shtml |
| link to the entity | rule Bscore 0.90 decided by rule on 2026-09-15 date 2008-07-22 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +0 d); place tokens shared: alton, priors; county Wiltshire == Wiltshire; country UK (cc_id) == UK (country_field) |
rule Bscore 0.90 decided by rule on 2026-09-15 date 2008-07-22 vs 2008-07-22 (delta +0 d); place tokens shared: alton, priors; county Wiltshire == Wiltshire; country UK (cc_id) == UK (country_field) |
| warnings | none | none |
| record | cc/c01e7416d759f… raw record view: /formation/cc/c01e7416d759f87c15768bf6516a300930f61f35043faae860328abb378e7851 in the preview app |
lp/03bff4dafabed… raw record view: /formation/lp/03bff4dafabed01547ea89eb5d620131cc9a20b82ba42097a22f85cb2aac2453 in the preview app |
Texts
no text documents in the archive for this formation
Claims about this formation
no claim was extracted from a text about this formation
Geometry
3 diagram file(s) on this page. measured from the diagram itself, and experimental: the extractor's rotational order is right on 88.8 % of a 200-diagram hand-labelled set against a gate of 90 %, so read a number here beside the picture rather than instead of it.
| diagram | rotational symmetry | elements | rings | mirror | fill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cc 1d7a580c | ≈ 2-fold score 0.984 | 1 | 3 | 0.968 | 0.2138 |
| cc b4a07f5f | ≈ none found | 1 | 5 | 0.75 | 0.3645 |
Experimental, and marked ≈ wherever it appears. These numbers are read off a drawing, not off the field: the extractor's rotational order agrees with a hand-labelled set on 88.8 per cent of 200 diagrams against a gate of 90 per cent, its element count is within one on 97.5 per cent, and its ring count is not calibrated at all. Nothing in the analysis tree is derived from the rotational order while that gate is unmet.
Diagrams that look like these: cc 1d7a580c · cc b4a07f5f— the nearest by perceptual hash. The whole archive is browsable by shape in the shape section, and this formation's own diagrams go straight into that grid: show them in the grid.
Neighbours
In time
- previous
- Fosston 21 July 2008, Fosston
- next
- Sieboldshausen 23 July 2008, Sieboldshausen
- previous in UK
- Lockeridge 20 July 2008
- next in UK
- Alton Priors 23 July 2008
- same day
- Valence (Valence) · Avebury Manor (2) (Avebury Manor (2))
- within 7 days and 25 km
- Alton Priors 23 July 2008, 0 m away, 1 day(s) apart · Alton Barnes 27 July 2008, 619 m away, 5 day(s) apart · Honeystreet 27 July 2008, 1.1 km away, 5 day(s) apart · Honeystreet 27 July 2008, 1.1 km away, 5 day(s) apart · Lockeridge 20 July 2008, 6.5 km away, 2 day(s) apart · Martinsell Hill 28 July 2008, 6.9 km away, 6 day(s) apart · Beckhampton 26 July 2008, 6.9 km away, 4 day(s) apart · Beckhampton 28 July 2008, 6.9 km away, 6 day(s) apart · Avebury Manor 15 July 2008, 7.7 km away, 7 day(s) apart · Avebury Manor 23 July 2008, 7.7 km away, 1 day(s) apart · Winterbourne Bassett 23 July 2008, 12.6 km away, 1 day(s) apart · Chiseldon 17 July 2008, 18.9 km away, 5 day(s) apart
In place
The nearest formations the archive can place.
Alton Priors18 July 1991Alton Priors
0 m away, 1991-07-18
Alton Priors22 August 1991Alton Priors
0 m away, 1991-08-22
Alton Priors2 July 1992Alton Priors
0 m away, 1992-07-02
Alton Priors13 May 1995Alton Priors
0 m away, 1995-05-13
Alton Priors18 June 2000Alton Priors
0 m away, 2000-06-18
Alton Priors6 August 2001Alton Priors
0 m away, 2001-08-06
- same county and year
- Waden Hill 19 April 2008 · Stanton St Bernard 4 May 2008 · Avebury Stone Circle 8 May 2008 · Hackpen Hill 24 May 2008 · Barbury Castle 1 June 2008 · Temple 1 June 2008 · West Kennett 6 June 2008 · West Kennett 9 June 2008 · North Down 10 June 2008 · Avebury 15 June 2008 · Avebury 16 June 2008 · Winterbourne Bassett 18 June 2008 · Furze Knoll 20 June 2008 · Avebury 24 June 2008 · All Cannings 30 June 2008 · Avebury 1 July 2008 · Stanton Bridge 4 July 2008 · Burderop 6 July 2008 · East Kennett 8 July 2008 · Alton Barnes 9 July 2008 and 58 more
Provenance
- entity built at
- 2026-09-15T21:14:17Z (derived from the link decisions, not from this build)
- index run ids
- 20260915T030325Z-index-build, 20260915T211417Z-index-build
- reviews applied
- none
- open queue pairs
- 50cc8f893e4b0042db3796c39fae0be06a4461b3ec037263115a95b413be154f, 85b889f2540e75288618048a7c2a0edbe1e1b1b92df1a120ea723e425a85a884
- entity record
- index/formations/UK20080722_A.json · row in index/manifest.jsonl
- input digests
- entity b7159bc33e2b · images 7515f5b017e1 · attachments bc4d26be86a8 · texts 4f53cda18c2b · geo d0a9eef1a48b