One map of the site shows allotments in the wooded area to the east of the site, maybe as part of the war effort.
The 1914 OS has scrub and small trees marked in the area, and the 1938 onwards OS maps have enclosures marked on the south side of the entrance area. There are certainly various records of commercial (i.e. Shell Mex) compounds here (and there is also evidence of these on the ground in the form of low walls, etc.). This would support the more mature line of trees to the northern edge.
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