The large open character of this land largely dates to the loss of hedged surveyed enclosure boundaries between 1967 and 1982. Significant legibility remains of the surveyed enclosure and drainage of Cantley Common as part of the Cantley and Armthorpe Enclosure Awards of 1779 and 1774 respectively. The extent of the former commons can be reconstructed from Jefferys map of Yorkshire (1775). Hedged boundaries survive best between Kilham Lane and Gatewood Road (Doncaster MBC 2006). Legible features of the surveyed enclosure of this area include its dispersed farmsteads (some of which include listed late 18th century components), road pattern and geometric plantation woodlands.