Wiltshire and Swindon Historic Environment Record
Details for record number MWI76875
Type
Monument
Title / Name
Site of Battle of the Beanfield
Summary
Site of the 1985 'Battle of the Beanfield', when 'New Age' Travellers seeking to attend the Stonehenge Free Festival, despite it's banning by English Heritage, were coralled and assaulted by elements of Wiltshire Police.
Monument Types and Dates
SITE, Late 20th Century (1985 to 1985)
Other Details
Source Detail: Worthington, A., 2005
Title: The Battle of the Beanfield
Summary: Book Source ID: SWI28513
Description: Site of the 1985 'Battle of the Beanfield', when so-called 'New Age' Travellers seeking to attend the Stonehenge Free Festival, despite it's banning by English Heritage, were coralled and assaulted by elements of Wiltshire Police. Damage to the buses used by the travellers and the spreading of their possessions is likely to have resulted in a fascinating debris field. The site should be regarded as part of the wider Stonehenge landscape.
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