The colliery on this site, opened in 1873, was originally known as Carlton Main. When it was taken over by the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery company it was renamed Wharncliffe Woodmoor nos. 4 & 5 shafts. The colliery had coke ovens and a brick works and was connected with the LMS railway and the Barnsley Canal at Carlton Basin. The colliery closed in 1970. (Hill 2006, 146-7). The colliery buildings have all been removed and the canal infilled. There is no legibility of the former meadow landscape.