OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 6)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Essex: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 6 (Surrey / West Kent / Lower Thames inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a ridge-and-valley upland landscape, characterised by North Downs escarpment and Wealden route landscape.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is North Downs and Wealden movement corridors. river crossing towns, ridge routes, iron-working and visibility landscapes

High Visibility Locations

North Downs scarp, High Weald ridge tops

Terrain Archaeology

The terrain is interpreted using hachures. Hachures strongly define scarps, ridges, spurs and valley bottlenecks.

Main Geographic Information

Index grid confirms Sheet VI as the SE England tile immediately south/south-east of the London district and north of coastal Sussex/Kent sheets; map evidence matches Lower Thames at top-right plus North Downs/Weald settlements. Bounds remain approximate because graticule labels are faint.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 6 shows a mixed area of ridge-and-valley upland North Downs escarpment and Wealden route landscape . The map is useful for studying early 19th Century historic settlement patterns, Roman road alignments, early archaeological site indentification, how roads, old tracks, lanes and paths, villages, waterways and field systems related to the wider nineteenth-century landscape.

Main Geographic Features

Archaeological Predictions

Archaeological Hotspots

North Downs Scarp Nodes is interpreted as a ridgeway and visibility archaeology zone landscape. Tonbridge Medway Crossing is interpreted as a river crossing and route node landscape. Wealden Iron Landscape is interpreted as a wooded ridge and valley resource zone landscape. Edenbridge Valley Corridor is interpreted as a riverine movement and crossing zone landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

North Downs Ridgeway Corridor is interpreted as a prehistoric/Roman ridge route. Historic crossing points where roads, trackways or routeways converge on significant water features are widely recognised as archaeological hotspots. Crossing points often acted as gateways within the historic landscape. Because movement was channelled through these locations, archaeological evidence may occur both at the crossing itself and along the routes leading towards it, forming broader zones of archaeological potential rather than isolated sites.Medway Valley Corridor is interpreted as a river-valley Roman/medieval movement corridor. Historic crossing points where roads, trackways or routeways converge on significant water features are widely recognised as archaeological hotspots. Crossing points often acted as gateways within the historic landscape. Because movement was channelled through these locations, archaeological evidence may occur both at the crossing itself and along the routes leading towards it, forming broader zones of archaeological potential rather than isolated sites.

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

Tonbridge Medway Crossing is a major river bridge/ford candidate. Edenbridge Eden Crossing is a river crossing candidate. Darent Valley Crossing Zone is a chalk valley crossing candidate.

Main Places