1st edition maps show narrow enclosed strips running out from the settlement at Pilley. Pilley is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a small settlement. These enclosures may have been the crofts associated with those properties. There has been considerable boundary loss since 1855 with some boundaries straightened. It is possible that some of this land may have been subject to opencast mining in 1976 as the land to the west was and the boundaries of these works are unknown (PIN2317). There is fragmentary legibility of the former enclosures as some boundaries remain in a similar position to the ancient ones. Old Ironstone pits are marked from 1855 maps onwards in the northwest of the polygon.