On July 18, 2026, a new crop formation was reported in a wheat field on Roundway Hill, near Oliver’s Castle and Devizes in Wiltshire. Temporary Temples, the photography project that documents England’s crop circles each summer, described it as a thirteen-fold star and crescent about 200 feet across.

Thirteen-fold designs are unusual. Most geometric formations are built on six, eight or twelve points, which are easier to lay out by measurement. The site’s write-up called this one beautiful and somewhat rare, and noted that the flattened wheat was laid in a woven pattern all the way through.

It was the second formation in the same field in 2026, sitting beside an earlier circle from the start of the season. The field has a history: in 2023 it carried an eighteen-fold star with a hexagon at its center. Roundway is one of the highest points in the Wiltshire landscape, alongside Milk Hill and Etchilhampton Hill, which are also regular sites.

The formation was photographed from the air a couple of days after it appeared and was still in excellent condition. Both Roundway formations have since been harvested.

Nobody has claimed it. Since the 1990s, teams of human makers have shown they can produce large, complex designs overnight with planks, rope and survey tools, and most researchers assume that is how these appear. The makers usually stay anonymous.