This is a continuous block of woodland with Hail Mary Hill woods to the north and Falconer Woods to the south. Although records only exist from the mid 18th century, the position of the woodlands on the edge of a parish and sloping ground indicates that it can probably be classed as 'ancient woodland' i.e. in existence for at least 400 years. It is likely that the woods were managed for coppice and prior to that may have been used as wood pasture. Mesolithic flints and chert have been recovered from the woods in two phases of fieldwork- a substantial surface collection in 1963 and test pitting in 1996. Legibility of the earlier landscape is fragmentary as evidence of coppicing is likely to survive in the woods.