A number of enclosures, building platforms, a hollow way and a boundary bank are present. Possible post medieval extractive pits are also visible. On the 1990-1992 Ordnance Survey vertical photography all the enclosures and the boundary bank to the south of the road (between South and East Farm) have been levelled, as well as the hollow way. The remaining extractive pits, building platforms and further enclosures to the north of the road survive.

The meaning of the place name is unclear but is likely to be Old English in origin. It possibly comes from the words 'cnoll hazel dene' meaning the 'hill village of hazel dene (valley)' - as opposed to the villages of Monk and High Heseldene to the south.