Coventry Telegraph, Duncan Gibbons, Sep 19, 2014
A Google Map image of the mysterious pattern in Temple Balsall |
Mystery
surrounds a strange pattern carved into the ground near Coventry.
The spiral
shape was spotted on satellite maps by a historian researching the fabled
Knights Templar, who founded the tiny hamlet of Temple Balsall, near BalsallCommon, 1,000 years ago.
Intriguingly
the pattern, which is about 30m in length, is just half a mile from the site of
an intricate crop circle which appeared in 2011.
A map showing the distance between the two shapes |
The
researcher, Chris McCauley, said: "I was looking at Temple Balsall trying
to locate the hall of the Knights Templar.
"I was
looking at the map and noticed something quite distinctive in the landscape; it
appears to be some kind of spiral."
He said he
searched the internet for more information, but could only find a story in the
Coventry Telegraph from August 2011 about a crop circle a few hundred metres
away.
He said:
"Since I was unable to find any record of this marking, and the fact that
it hasn't even been acknowledged/reported as a crop circle, I can only hope
that this maybe a genuine undiscovered archaeological feature."
The 2011 crop circle featured an eight and 16-pointed star around a central sun,
alongside pyramids and oval-shaped ‘helmets’.
Crop circle at Temple Balsall in 2011. Picture by Steve Alexander of Temporary Temples. |
Many believe it had religious, spiritual or scientific meanings, from its mathematical properties to its similarity to the Cross of St John, a Lotus flower and a rose compass.
Investigators
at the time claimed police banned people from visiting the field, near an old
RAF base, and that any internet posts about the circle were mysteriously
deleted.
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