OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 22)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Devon, Dorset: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 22 (South Devon / Tor Bay / East Devon coast inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a coastal estuary and cliff landscape landscape, characterised by Bideford Bay, Taw/Torridge estuary, coastal hachures, harbour towns and river crossings.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is North Devon estuary, harbour, cliff-top and river-crossing archaeological landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Taw/Torridge Estuary Core

Terrain Archaeology

The terrain is interpreted using hachures. Relief is represented by hachures, allowing inference of ridgeways, high points, spur ends, valley approaches and likely route/crossing logic.

Main Geographic Information

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 22 shows a mixed area of coastal estuary and cliff landscape Bideford Bay, Taw/Torridge estuary, coastal hachures, harbour towns and river crossings . 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

Taw/Torridge Estuary Core is interpreted as a estuary port, crossing and wetland-edge zone landscape. North Devon Coastal Cliff Belt is interpreted as a promontory, lookout and coastal route landscape landscape. Barnstaple Route Convergence Node is interpreted as a river/road/port archaeology landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Barnstaple-Bideford estuary route is interpreted as a river-estuary route 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.North Devon coastal high route is interpreted as a coastal cliff/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.

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

Barnstaple Taw crossing is a major river crossing. Bideford Torridge crossing is a major river crossing.

Main Places