Ancient woodland containing earthworks thought to be Iron Age/Romano-British enclosures. Evidence of earlier activity in the area comes from Mesolithic flint finds and a Neolithic/ Bronze Age hengiform monument. (see SY SMR records). Post-medieval activities are indicated by stone quarries and bell pits and the remains of the route of the Wharncliffe Branch railway which served local collieries. Good earthwork survival gives significant legibility of the previous landscape.