The historic character of this area rests principally on the surviving elements of its much eroded boundary pattern. The Haywood enclosure map of 1825 indicates that in this unit parliamentary awarded land was restricted to around 20% of the area with the remaining land already enclosed before the act by straight edged but only semi regularly patterned enclosures. Placename and geological evidence suggests a earlier use as common land. Around 20% of the historic hedgerow pattern survives (comparison between OS 1851 and Doncaster MBC 2006) although along the historic road pattern (which appears to have been formalised by the enclosure award) the level of survival is much higher.