SNN110924 - An early Neolithic enclosure near West Cotton, Raunds

A major complex of Neolithic and Bronze age monuments lying along the Nene valley between Raunds and Stanwick, was investigated in the 1980s as part of the Raunds Area Project. An outlying circular enclosure on higher ground to the east of the prehistoric monuments beneath West Cotton deserted medieval village, the Cotton 'henge' was trial trenched in 1993, but a firm date was not obtained. Recent extensive trial trenching in advance of a proposed extension to the Warth Prk industrial and warehouse complex provided a further opportunity to examine this enclosure.