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Alton Barnes double pictogram

The ~134 m double pictogram that ignited the modern crop circle era: two ringed-circle-and-bar groups on one axis, hung with side devices — a three-tined rake, hooked legs, tick-bars and a three-fingered hand — trailing off into ever-smaller circles. Featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Remasters.

Alton Barnes double pictogram — 1990-07-12 (cca-1990-alton-barnes-pictogram) The ~134 m double pictogram that ignited the modern crop circle era: two ringed-circle-and-bar groups on one axis, hung with side devices — a three-tined rake, hooked legs, tick-bars and a three-fingered hand — trailing off into ever-smaller circles. Featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Remasters. Location: East Field, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, GB (51.357, -1.838). Reported 1990-07-12. Original imagery: https://lucypringle.co.uk/photos/1990/uk1990bi.shtml (photo © its photographer, not covered by this file's license). Reconstruction data and rendered images (c) Crop Circle Atlas / Leslie, released under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse and adapt freely, but you must credit the Atlas and share alike. Referenced aerial photographs are NOT part of this work and remain (c) their photographers. Alton Barnes double pictogram cca-1990-alton-barnes-pictogram Leslie / Crop Circle Atlas © 2026 Leslie / Crop Circle Atlas · CC-BY-SA-4.0 2026-08-19 The ~134 m double pictogram that ignited the modern crop circle era: two ringed-circle-and-bar groups on one axis, hung with side devices — a three-tined rake, hooked legs, tick-bars and a three-fingered hand — trailing off into ever-smaller circles. Featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Remasters. East Field, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, GB (51.357, -1.838) — formation reported 1990-07-12 https://lucypringle.co.uk/photos/1990/uk1990bi.shtml https://github.com/crop-circle-atlas Alton Barnes double pictogram · 1990-07-12 · East Field, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, GB cca-1990-alton-barnes-pictogram · © 2026 Leslie / Crop Circle Atlas · CC-BY-SA-4.0

Survey record

Reported
1990-07-12
Location
East Field, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire · map
Coordinates
51.357, -1.838 (±800 m)
Crop
wheat
Span
125 m
Symmetry
1-fold
Elements
28 rendered from 28 declared
Fidelity
level 3 · confidence
Digitized
claude-fable-5, 2026-08-20
pictogrameast-fieldwiltshirefamous1990s

Construction

From the rake end: 3-tined rake on a stem off the upper-left of a 28 m ringed circle (short spur opposite), bar to a 15.6 m circle with two legs off its left side (upper leg hooked), standing gap, small ringed circle, bar flanked by two tick-bars, 18 m plain circle with a 3-fingered hand off its lower-right, then a trailing 9 m and 5 m circle. Detached 7 m ringed satellite beyond the rake end. Length along the axis ~134 m including the tail.

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