A total of 18 of the records refer to bank features, although some of these are different sections of the same feature. The largest two are both east-west banks that stretch for several hundred metres and are visible on the Lidar data.

In the south of the survey area is a broad bank and associated ditch that extends for over 600 metres. It has been destroyed by the car park but is evident outside of the survey area over the eastern side of Swinecote Lane). This bank is probably of Medieval date and appears to mark a break in land use. It represents the northern boundary of ridge and furrow cultivation between the woodland and Edwinstowe. It also marks a notable change in the character of the veteran trees. The veteran trees to the south of the bank are different to those in the rest of the Country Park in that they show evidence of pollarding. These may be remnant pasture trees or field boundaries.

On the northern edge of the survey area is another broad bank that marks the course of the parish boundary between Edwinstowe and Budby. It is a broad low bank with slight evidence of a ditch on the south side. Several other features were recorded in association with it. An obelisk-shaped boundary stone, inscribed with the letter 'E' (Edwinstowe) was noted on the south side of the bank adjacent to a young oak. Stylistically this is likely to date from the 19th century. There are also 2 small-leaved lime trees on this boundary, and given their absence in the rest of the woodland this is unlikely to be coincidence. One of these small-leaved limes is a huge twin-trunked tree sitting on the boundary bank. The girth of the tree at the base is massive and it is clearly very old. At some point it was coppiced and the development of these twin trunks, or standards, was encouraged. Both are approximately the same girth. This tree has clearly been altered to become a boundary marker. This practice was common historically but there are relatively few examples of it known in Nottinghamshire.

Other banks may be the remnants of enclosures within the woodland, some of which are shown on the historic mapping (including MNT27251). A number of sheep pens are certainly depicted on the 1791 map. Other banks may be remnants of historic woodland management, but could be much earlier.

Emily Gillott, 2017, Walkover Survey in Sherwood Forest Country Park, Page 18-19 (Unpublished document). SNT5784.