Land that was part of Cannon Hall deer park. The park was formed in 1761 at the instigation of John Spencer the Ironmaster and was designed by Richard Woods (Coates 1963, 303). This area would have been outside of the 1761 parkland as it is still shown as small enclosures on a map of Cawthorne dating to around 1799-1806 (Sheffield Archive Reference - SpSt/Add Maps/1/106). The enclosures are of the same length as the crofts to the east of this area they may be early in date and part of the medieval plan form. There is fragmentary legibility of the former enclosures as the field boundary on the northern edge of the polygon corresponds with the earlier boundaries. There has been substantial tree loss in the park because of open cast coal mining which took place after the second world war (Moxon 2000, 158). The exact areas mined are uncertain.