York Historic Environment Record

Site covers about an acre and the squared corners suggest it is man made. You can see the rise of the slope on the edge on photo's (Pan1). Most of the woodland is old sandy heath, in places it is acidic poor fen but this mound is almost pure sand from the excavations of the rabbits. Vegetation change is distinct with the mound being dominated by bracken which is what you would expect on an area raised up above the water table. Also attached is a photo (Pan3)of the old Kexby drove which runs along the western side. You can see the banking on each side with the old oaks on. The other sides of the wood are also marked by narrow double banks with oak on. The 1st Edition OS shows them as old tracks, I assume the old drove was more significant in the past and these tracks led to it.