This polygon shows the extent of Lindholme Island as defined on the plan of the Hatfield, Thorne, Fishlake, Stainforth and Sykehouse enclosure award of 1825 (Sheffield Archives microfilm ref A152/3). Lindholme Island is "a well drained area within Hatfield Moors of glaciofluvial origin which was never overgrown by peat -.- often considered a suitable place for prehistoric settlement" (de Noort et al 1997, 380) Evidence of Neolithic occupation is supported by the discovery in 2004-5 of a Neolithic track way dating to 2900-2500BC (http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART30857.html). Medieval settlement of the island is suggested to by the excavation in 1727 of a possible hermit's cell on the island (Hunter 1828, 196). Hunter also states that 'before the drainage' the island provided accommodation for one of the' keepers of the game'. The present farmstead is now surrounded by parkland. Invisible legibility of earlier phases. .