Ancient steep slope irregularly shaped woodland, known from pre1600 documents. Botanical survey work in 1986 showed 60-66% of trees to be the native northern Sessile Oak. Widespread evidence of former coppicing with former overgrown boundary bank at the northern end of the wood (all from Jones 1989, 71-72). Present extent of woodland slightly larger than that shown on late 19th and early 20th century OS maps due to semi-natural colonisation of adjacent areas. Legibility of previous character types is uncertain as we have no evidence as yet for earlier landscapes.