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Stanwick Lakes is a country park on the outskirts of the village of Stanwick and was opened in 2006. It is managed by the
Prior to the construction of a bypass and mass excavation of gravel, a Roman villa was excavated in 1984–1992 and several mosaics were found. In 2013, one of the mosaics was returned after study and is now on display in the Visitor Centre at Stanwick Lakes.
A medieval village was excavated in 1985-1989 near to the village of Ringstead. The earthworks and buried archaeological remains of the medieval village of West Cotton, including a mid-late Anglo-Saxon and medieval settlement abandoned before 1450. The settlement overlies the north end of an extensive prehistoric ceremonial complex.West Cotton, Raunds: a study of medieval settlement dynamics, AD 450-1450: Excavation of a deserted medieval hamlet in Northamptonshire, 1985-1989, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 2010 Oxbow Books
Stanwick Lakes Nature Reserve
River Nene Regional Park
Country parks in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire
Rockingham Forest
Rockingham Forest is a former royal hunting forest in the county of Northamptonshire, England. It is an area of some lying between the River Welland and River Nene and the towns of Stamford and Kettering. It has a rich and varied landscape, wit ...
Trust on behalf of East Northamptonshire District Council and comprises 750 acres (304 hectares) of former gravel pits. It is part of the larger River Nene
The River Nene ( or : see below) is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in Northamptonshire.OS Explorer Map sheet 223, Northampton & Market Harborough, Brixworth & Pitsford Water. The river is about long, about of w ...
Regional Park.
History
Prior to the construction of a bypass and mass excavation of gravel, a Roman villa was excavated in 1984–1992 and several mosaics were found. In 2013, one of the mosaics was returned after study and is now on display in the Visitor Centre at Stanwick Lakes.
A medieval village was excavated in 1985-1989 near to the village of Ringstead. The earthworks and buried archaeological remains of the medieval village of West Cotton, including a mid-late Anglo-Saxon and medieval settlement abandoned before 1450. The settlement overlies the north end of an extensive prehistoric ceremonial complex.West Cotton, Raunds: a study of medieval settlement dynamics, AD 450-1450: Excavation of a deserted medieval hamlet in Northamptonshire, 1985-1989, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 2010 Oxbow Books
Geography
Stanwick Lakes is approximately 15 miles north-east of Northampton.Landmarks
The following buildings and structures are listed byHistoric England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked w ...
as of special architectural or historic interest.
*Raunds bowl barrow (Scheduled Monument) Prehistoric
*Irthlingborough bowl barrow (Scheduled Monument) Prehistoric
*Medieval Settlement of West Cotton (Scheduled Monument)
References
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Stanwick Lakes Nature Reserve
River Nene Regional Park
Country parks in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire