Area of small assarted fields. There are several surviving medieval farm buildings in the area and also a possible medieval iron working site at Cinder Hills. This land was part of Wharncliffe medieval hunting chase (marked on early 18th century map of the area in Latham 1994, 8). The irregular shape of the fields makes it likely that the area was wooded before the medieval enclosure. There is partial legibility of this woodland in the shape of the fields and the woods remaining along the river banks. Iron Age enclosures have been found in this area. This indicates that the woodland probably regenerated naturally when the prehistoric field systems fell out of use.