This site, currently a mixture of hard standing and woodland has seen a number of phases. Most recently the site was used during WWII as the location of a Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery site (Dobinson 1996, gazetteer). The layout of the emplacement is clearly shown on the OS 1:1250 plan surveyed in 1953 and again on the 6 inch to the mile 1967 OS. The location of the gun platforms appears to have been immediately to the west and has probably been sealed beneath the substantial embankment of the adjacent playing field. Remains of other buildings (possibly a command complex) may survive within the regenerative woodland on the site. Also within this polygon was Shirecliffe Hall (see SMR 250) recorded as having been destroyed by bombing during the 1939-45 war. Hard standing now occupies this site. Shirecliffe Hall represented the rebuilding of the 'ancient' Shirecliffe Hall. Shirecliffe was a sub manor created from the manor of Sheffield during the 13th century and subsequently emparked by the De-Mountenay family (Walton 1943). The central location of this polygon within the likely extents of this deer park suggests that the medieval hall may have originated as a hunting lodge. Fragmentary legibility of important WWII site.