Sequence of eight locks on the Dearne and Dove Canal en route to Barnsley. The act of parliament required to establish the canal was granted in June 1793. The section of the canal leading to Elsecar was built and opened first in 1798 (Glister 1995, 117-8) but delays to the canal building meant that the canal didn’t reach Barnsley until 1804 (Barnsley, Dearne and Dove Canals Trust 2007 [accessed 14/12/07]). These locks were still marked on 1966 maps but by 1989 they had filled. This was formerly an area of small irregular fields likely to have been assarted from woodland. There is partial legibility of the canal as field boundaries surround the route of the canal.