Reinstated fields after opencast coal mining took place in this area. The exact date of the mining is unknown but the Directorate of Opencast Coal was created in 1942 (Gray 1976,41) and the field boundaries alter between 1938 maps and 1965. Prior to the opencast mining this area was characterised by irregular enclosures with sinuous boundaries. This indicates the land was assarted from woodland. There is fragmentary legibility of the former enclosed landscape as the field boundaries were reinstated in broadly the same places but they were straightened and mature trees were removed.