Colliery opened in 1856 initially mining the Whin Moor seam (Taylor 2001,80). The site expanded significantly in the 20th century and it was serviced by a mineral railway which is no longer in place. The colliery closed in 1978 (ibid). There are significant remains of the mine workings. The spoil heaps and reservoirs associated with the works remain as do the route of roads within the site. The area is now covered in scrub and plantation woodland. Prior to the mine this landscape was characterised by irregular piecemeal enclosures, probably of an early date. There is fragmentary legibility of these enclosures on the edges of the mine site where the shape of field boundaries has remained but significant legibility of the mine workings.