Area of surveyed enclosure of former moorland. Probably part of the Oxspring parliamentary enclosure act of 1831 (date from English 1985). Area shows as still being unenclosed on Jefferys map of 1775. There is no legibility of the moorland in the current landscape. The origin of the former moorland landscape is uncertain though this area is likely to be moorland by the Roman period (see Bevan 2003 for discussion of environmental evidence in region). In 1547 Godfrey Bosville built a manor house within this polygon which fell into ruin in the early 20th century (Hey 2002,29). There is no evidence of an earlier medieval manor house but the manor of Oxspring goes back to before the Norman conquest.