Open scrubland created by the clearance of part of 'Scholes Coppice' between 1938 and 1965. From 1226 until the late 17th century this area was woodland and a part of 'Kimberworth Deer Park' (Jones 1996, 130). Contains listed monument 'Keppel's Column' (SMR 3486) Unknown legibility of the landscape character before the woodland existed.