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| HER Number | MWB16204 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Greenham Common peace camp - Blue Gate |
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Summary
One of several peace camps created during opposition to Cruise missiles at the airbase in the 1980s
Monument Type(s):
- PEACE CAMP (Late 20th century - Present - 1983 AD to 1997 AD?)
Full Description
Following growing support for the women's peace movement, in January 1983 a camp was established at Blue Gate, at the top of Pyle Hill. This camp had a new age focus <1>.
The GIS point is approximate and is located in what has been a car park for Greenham Common users since the start of the 21st century. A grid reference for the location of the camp is included in other information collated in 2002 <6>; this is SU 483652.
The site was visited in 2003 by the Common Ground Research Group <2> and parts of it were reported to have survived in woodland <8>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Nelson, J. 1982-3. The Women's Library: Greenham Common Collection. [Unpublished document / SWB14643] |
| <02> | University of Southampton. 2003. Common Ground: Rediscovering Greenham's Cold War Landscape. http://www.soton.ac.uk/~kmp401/index.htm. Accessed 28/09/2007. [Website / SWB14644]
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/the_greenham_project.page (Accessed 02/04/2012) |
| <03> | Marshall, Y M. 2005. Archaeologies of Resistance. [Unpublished document / SWB147198] |
| <04> | Kidron, B. 2007?. Welcome to Greenham website. http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk/. 29/11/2011. pdf online. [Website / SWB147199]
http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk/ (Accessed 29/11/2011) |
| <05> | Blackwood, C. 1984. On the Perimeter. [Monograph / SWB146804] |
| <06> | Hawkings, D J. 2002. Information about Greenham Common peace camps. [Unpublished document / SWB147884] |
| <07> | Harrison, R and Schofield, J. 2010. After Modernity - Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past. p192. [Monograph / SWB149308] |
| <08> | Council for British Archaeology. Jan/Feb 2009. British Archaeology 104. 104. online. [Article in serial / SWB147736]
https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/82231/page/44 (Accessed on 27/07/2022) |
Related Monuments
| MWB21764 | Greenham Common peace camp - Emerald Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16200 | Greenham Common peace camp - Green Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16205 | Greenham Common peace camp - Indigo Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16202 | Greenham Common peace camp - Orange Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16207 | Greenham Common peace camp - Red Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16201 | Greenham Common peace camp - Turquoise Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16206 | Greenham Common peace camp - Violet Gate (Monument) |
| MWB16203 | Greenham Common peace camp - Yellow Gate and Peace Garden (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB2001 | Common Ground: Researching the Material Culture and Meaning of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camps |
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