The Secular Order of Druids or SODs emerged after the violent clashes between police and public surrounding the Stonehenge Free Festival in June 1984/85. The establishment determined to shut the festival down with an exclusion zone and aggressive policing resulting in the Battle of the Beanfield. Founder of the SODs, Tim Sebastion created the order using the druid's customary rights to perform ceremonies at Stonehenge, making a humorous but political point that everyone should have a customary right to freedom of worship, to freedom of movement, and to freedom of assembly at Stonehenge as ancient tradition.