Irregular assarted fields whose irregular boundaries give significant legibility of the former wooded landscape. Area contained a lot of small coal pits of post-medieval date. The curve of the edge of the polygon on the north west side corresponds with the railway line which connected to Stanhope Silkstone Colliery. The colliery closed by 1894 but the train track remained till 1907. Now all that remains of the colliery and train line are earthworks.