Partiers who illegally descended on a moorland over the Jubilee weekend appear to have an orderly side, with social media photos suggesting attendees cleaned up before leaving.
The illegal rave in Davidstow Moor, in Cornwall, started when partygoers set up at the site on Friday.
The partying continued for three days over the Platinum Jubilee weekend, with Cornwall Live reporting that several thousand people were in attendance.
Police quickly moved in to attempt to break the gathering up, but instead encircled the rave - described as an ‘illegal gathering’ by police - to prevent more people entering.
The party left some locals concerned that the site would be trashed by the time the revellers left, but a local’s post on Facebook has claimed that some attendees stayed back to help clean up the site.
However Forestry England said a "huge amount" of human excrement was left onsite, including sanitary products.
“For all the locals saying the rave at Davidstow have left all the rubbish behind ,I've got livestock in the vicinity and have had no problems at all,” Facebook user Tony C. Steed wrote.
“And there (sic) refusing to leave until they have picked all the litter up ,and I've found them all good people.”
It comes after Devon and Cornwall Police informed the BBC that action was set to be taken against event organisers.
A police spokesperson said on Monday: "I would like to reassure the local communities and wider public that we are taking this matter seriously and where appropriate, we will seek to take action against those attending and running the event."
In response to a comment on his post, Tony said the clean-up was finished on Monday.
But while the litter may be gone, Forestry England has said that much work is still to be done.
Despite reports that the site at Davidstow Moor was left in a good condition and people heaping praise on attendees for the clean-up operation, teams from Forestry England are currently repairing fences that have been cut through.
The agency added that the woods will be restricted for some time due to a "huge amount" of human excrement left onsite, including used tissue and sanitary products.
In addition, Forestry England has said that the huge volume of rubbish collected has not been separated for recycling - so will all unfortunately be going to landfill. There are also fears for the wellbeing of rare and protected wildlife. The forest could be closed for weeks as a result.
A spokesperson for Forestry England today told Cornwall Live that "the situation continues to evolve".
Locals from Camelford, Delabole, and the rest of the surrounding area, reported being disrupted by loud electronic music almost non-stop over the three-day period.
The music, some locals have claimed, has kept them awake around the clock and can be heard clearly for miles around.
Estimates from witnesses and locals suggest there were potentially several thousand people in attendance.
Devon and Cornwall Police claimed things have become heated, especially in the nighttime hours. A police spokesperson said there were “at least” eight arrests made in relation to driving, drug and alcohol-related offences, and not to do with two alleged assaults on police officers.
Some attendees told Cornwall Live that they had travelled from across the country to attend. Some said they’d come from as far as Scotland or Oxfordshire, making it a multiple hundreds of miles round trip.
They were described by Delabole photographer Adrian Jasper, who visited the site, as “respectful”, and seemingly there to have a bit of fun.
Similarly, some residents have expressed sympathy for the ravers, either from having visited the site or simply from defending their right to party.
The rave was organised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the largest ever free party in the UK, at Castlemorton Common in 1992. That one had 20,000-40,000 people in attendance, slightly larger than the gathering at the former RAF base at Davidstow.
A secret text message used to organise the party was published to Facebook yesterday, which reveals more about how this rave came to be. It asked attendees to “be respectful to locals and the authorities”, and to leave the area where they found it.
Despite the timing, the rave had nothing to do with Jubilee celebrations.
