The 1987 map shows this part of the former Old Park Wood as a 'Refuse or Slag Tip'. Much of this former ancient woodland has been subject to large scale open cast extraction of coal (for the Sheffield Corporation Electricity Generation Station) and subsequent landfill as a municipal tip. From the place name evidence the woodland which once covered this hillside once formed part of parkland, probably the Deer Park granted to the DeMountenays by Richard II in 1391 (Walton 1943). After the DeMountenay line left Shirecliffe in the 16th century Hunter (1869 p393) records disputed ownership for a period until the manor reverted to the 'Lord of Sheffield' (Duke of Norfolk). The land continues to be owned by the Duke of Norfolk -(http://www.burngreavemessenger.org.uk/messenger/february2002/dumped.shtml) accessed 13/04/2005.