Remnants of woodland and fields that are part of Stainborough Park. The landscape in its current condition is the result of open cast mining (probably coal), which took place on this land after Stainborough Park was sold in 1948 (English Heritage 2001), leading to significant loss of woodland and field boundaries. The formal parklands were developed around Stainborough Hall after the estate was bought by Thomas Wentworth in 1708 (Ashurst 1991,33). During its time as parkland this area has been utilised for small scale industrial activities. There was coal mining activity within this polygon from the 19th century and the woods were used for timber and bark production (Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust 2006 - 2/04/07). There was also ironstone mined (Bayliss 1995, 19). The woodland was probably in place before the construction of the parkland. There is no legibility of the opencast workings as the land was fully reinstated. There is, however, fragmentary legibility of former parkland as remnants of woodland remain and the boundary of the parkland edge is retained in the current field boundaries.