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This abutment is all that remains of a bridge that once carried the Leen Valley Extension Railway over SK5165 : Forge Lane.

The Leen Valley Extension Railway was built by the Great Northern Railway to provide the company with access to the coal workings in the area. The railway ran from Kirkby South Junction to Langwith Junction.
Reference:- Link .

An OS map dated 1937-61 from the National Library of Scotland Link shows the point at which the railway crossed Forge Lane.

Today the old track-bed provides the basis for the SK4960 : The Skegby Trail, including a branch line that ran to the Silverhill and Teversal collieries and now forms the SK4961 : The Link Trail.

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See also these photographs by
Chris Morgan:- SK5165 : Abutments of old railway bridge on Archaeology Way,
James Hill:- SK5165 : Remains of Bridge Pillar, Pleasley and
John Slater:- SK5165 : Remains of a railway bridge on Forge Lane.