This area retains its surveyed character despite significant loss of internal hedgerow subdivisions during the later twentieth century due to the persistence in the landscape of its road and drainage networks. Comparison between Doncaster MBC's historic hedgerow survey data from 2004-2006 and mid 19th century OS data indicates a loss of this class of boundary between 60 and 90 % during this time period in this area. This would support the finding of Miller that "contrary to general assumptions that the drained landscape of the lowland Levels and Carrs was already largely hedgeless, it was, at least for a time, a well hedged enclosure landscape" (1997, 65). The drainage of this area lies outside the drainage works of Vermuyden (see the Arlebout plan of 1639). The area was depicted as rough ground by Jefferys in 1775. The first depiction of the land as drained is on the Haywood enclosure map of 1825. No known legibility of pre drainage landscape features.