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 ''Main Article: [[Possible Roman Settlement (Rothwell Haigh)]]''<br>
 In the 1970s, the West the West Yorkshire County Archaeology Unit excavated a "ditched rectangular enclosure" at Rothwell Colliery (approx. grid reference SE 352 295 or SE 352 297<ref group="footnotes">[https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=cf53bdd6-3f9c-4c31-8533-5d8708c9829c&resourceID=19191 Heritage Gateway] also lists the grid reference SE3521029410, which is more exact than that given by Richardson.</ref>) , which is now the site of Rothwell Country Park.
+{{Mini map|location=53°45'46"N, 1°28'0"W; 53°45'40"N, 1°28'0"W|caption=The approximate locations of the excavation site.}}
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 The excavation showed that there was evidence of human activity on the site from the late 2nd to the early 3rd century. On the site, a Roman well was found, which had been filled with lots of material, including a rare yew bucket, roman pottery, a human skull.<ref name="Richardson" />
 ===Middle Ages===
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 ==Amenities==
 ===Map===
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-<span style="color:#ff0000">'''Red line'''</span>: Pithead & Sculpture trail.
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 ===Parking===
 [[File:Gate, Bullough Lane - geograph.org.uk - 2036044.jpg|thumb|alt=A road showing a gate and large rocks blocking access.|Access to the park's car park is blocked.|left|200x200px]]
-The access to the park's car park is blocked by a gate and large rocks due to unsocial behaviour so visitors usually park on the residential roads nearby or walk and cycle to the park.<ref name="Geograph Bullough">Anon. (2021). Road block on Bullough Lane, Rothwell © Humphrey Bolton CC-BY-SA/2.0, ''Geograph'', Geograph Project Limited, [online]. Available from: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6933942 (Accessed 11 July 2023).</ref>
+The access to the park's car park is blocked by a gate and large rocks due to unsocial behaviour so visitors usually park on the residential roads nearby or walk and cycle to the park.<ref name="Geograph Bullough">Anon. (2021). Road block on Bullough Lane, Rothwell © Humphrey Bolton CC-BY-SA/2.0, ''Geograph'', Geograph Project Limited, [online]. Available from: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6933942 (Accessed 11 July 2023).</ref> There were plans to charge for parking at Rothwell Country park in 2023/24, however, as of April 2023, the council no longer plans to do so and thus the car park will remain closed.<ref>Tomkinson, K. (2023) ‘Unanswered Questions Letter’. Available at: <https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/documents/b29326/Unanswered%20Questions%20Letter%2022nd-Mar-2023%2013.00%20Council.pdf> (Accessed: 3 March 2024).</ref>
 ===Trails & Footpaths===
 The park has two named footpaths with many more footpaths branching off from them. The Pithead & Sculpture Trail which goes past a series of sculptures and ends at the site of the former stockyard, where abandoned railway lines can still be seen. The Pond Trial goes along many of the numerous ponds in the park.<ref name=":1">Anon (n.d.) “Maps,” ''Friends of Rothwell Country Park'', [online] Available from: <nowiki>https://sites.google.com/site/friendsofrothwellcountrypark/maps</nowiki> (Accessed 3 February 2023).</ref> There is also the Trim Trail, which is on the Pond Trail, which goes past the outdoor exercise equipment that was installed in 2013.<ref name=":0" />
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 Rothwell Country Park has a summit, which boasts 360 degree views of Leeds<ref name="ywt" />, including a view of Bridgewater Place and Temple Newsam.
-==See Also==
-*[[Possible Roman settlement (Rothwell Haigh)|Possible Roman settlement - on the site of what is now Rothwell Country Park]]
-==External Links==
-*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=154975896 Photos of the park from Geograph]
 ==Notes==
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 ==References==
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-==Your Memories==
+==See Also==
+*[[Possible Roman settlement (Rothwell Haigh)|Possible Roman settlement - on the site of what is now Rothwell Country Park]]
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+*Photos of the park from [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=154975896 Geograph],
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+*A web page on the park by [https://web.archive.org/web/20020201051456/http://www.changingplaces.org.uk/12-rothwell/ Changing Places].
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