Excavated in 1971 as a gravel quarry the lake filled naturally with water after extraction and was purchased for conversion into a water sports centre by Doncaster MBC in 1974. (http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Leisure_in_Doncaster/Outdoor_Life/Woods_and_Country_Parks/Discover_Hatfield_Water_Park.asp) No legibility within this area of the 'Firth Fields' and area of surveyed open fields created at the time of Parliamentary enclosure.