Area of woodland containing large numbers of Iron Age and Roman remains. The woodland would have been part of Wharncliffe Chase in the medieval period but this would have altered the landscape little. From 1649 the deer from Wortley Old Deer Park (HSY6217) where moved to an enclosure in this area which was known as Softley Park (approximately marked on 18th century map). They remained here till around 1700 when they moved to the New Park to the south (HSY6199) (Hey 1975, 118). There are some earthwork remains of the Roman field systems giving fragmentary legibility of the former landscape.