Historic maps show fairly regular straight sided enclosures which were in place by Jefferys' 1775 map. This probably enclosed an area of former common as surrounding placenames indicate common land; e.g. Brough Green, Round Green, Kendal Green. There has been some scrub regeneration in the area which gives fragmentary legibility of a common landscape. There has been some coal mining within the polygon in the late 19th and early 20th century.