In early 2009 a topographic survey of the narrow strip of Woodland known as Dam Banks was conducted. It is situated north of Moor Pond Woods, to the south side of Linby Road and just east of the River Leen. Most of the area lies within Papplewick parish. The area surveyed is roughly rectangular in shape, measuring 218m north-west to south-east and 35-45m wide; its east side is defined by a leat with a footpath running alongside it. The area is distinguished by a series of irregular shaped banks or platforms, several clear breaks of slope, a number of hollows that often retain standing water and a curving gully towards the south-east end. The earthworks, although irregular and variable, appear to mark a series of 'compartments' running along the east side of the area. The area was surveyed using a Leica TCR705 total station. Options for its use include being intended for the bleaching of linen. The area around the Dam Bnaks featured a number of cotton mills and a complex water management system was created between c.1778-94 by George Robinson. Alternative possibilities include 'hemp pits' which are recorded in the tithe award for Linby close to the River Leen. The potentially damp conditions within most of the Dam Banks could also have been used for growing of willows for spiling, the revetting of banks (such as canal banks) and steep slopes by using stakes with willow poles woven between them. The area may have served no other purpose than to act as a holding area for water when the leat or nearby Upper Dam threatened to overflow after heavy rains and affect Linby Lane. The supposed earthworks within Dam Banks may be the result of dumping soils from either the initial digging of the adjacent leat, or from dumping when housing spread along Linby Lane.