Ancient woodland, shown on 1851 OS. Historic OS indicates significant 19th and 20th century extractive activities in this woodland. The 'Steel Tower' marked on the 2002 1:10000 raster mapping appears to relate to an 'Aerial Cable' shown on the early 20th century 25 inch OS mapping and linking extraction sites in West Wood with the Thorncliffe industrial complex at Chapeltown. Legibility of previous character types is uncertain as we have no evidence as yet for earlier landscapes.