Brickworks and scrap yard depicted within area formerly characterised by surveyed enclosure. Extractive use present since 1891. Fragmentary legibility of former enclosure morphology and farmstead (Beechwood House - shown on 1851 OS). Land named as Swinton and Rawmarsh Commons on OS maps and depicted as common on Jefferys 1775 map of Yorkshire. Enclosure Awards for Swinton and Rawmarsh date to 1776 and 1781 although parts of Swinton were also enclosed as part of the Brampton Bierlow Award of 1820 (English 1985).