2011
SE5901 : Fountain, Doncaster Lakeside
taken 12 years ago, near to Doncaster, England
Fountain, Doncaster Lakeside
Doncaster Lakeside is a man-made lake built on the site of a former airfield and rubbish dump. It was created as part of the leisure and business development of the surrounding area in the late 1990s. The 50-acre lake was a critical component of the design concept for the Lakeside project which was completed in 2002. The lake not only provided an amenity but was also used as a resource to provide fill material to bring marshy land to the south to above flood level. (
Link (
Archive Link ) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects)
Prior to this, the site was occupied by fields with straight and regular edges indicative of parliamentary enclosure. It was part of High Ellers Common prior to enclosure in 1779 by the 'Cantley, Branton, Bessacarr and (High) Ellers' award. (
Link South Yorkshire Historic Environment Characterisation)
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