This is a large managed woodland plantation at the western edge of Bawtry Forest. The 1st edition OS map of 1854 depicts a more marshy area with sparse tree cover. The wood is situated on a parish boundary and the old county boundary between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The name 'Martin Beck' translates as boundary farm stream. This may refer to Manor Holt moated site which is adjacent. There is a large fishpond within the area which was probably associated with the moated site. Legibility of the former landscape is fragmentary as the area is at least, still wooded.