OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 35)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 35 (Shropshire / River Severn / Shrewsbury).

Please note that the modern reference map on the split screen is intended as a guide only.

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a estuary and upland-edge landscape, characterised by Severn/Avon tidal corridor, river crossings, sandbanks, urban/port approach and upland margins.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Severn/Avon estuary crossing, Roman road and urban-port fringe archaeological landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Severn Estuary Crossing Belt

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

Sheet 35 / N° XXXV is visible. The sheet is interpreted as Shropshire centred on Shrewsbury and the River Severn, with western Welsh-border uplands and eastern/southern Shropshire relief. Graticule labels are faint or unreadable; WGS84 bounds are approximate.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 35 shows a mixed area of estuary and upland-edge Severn/Avon tidal corridor, river crossings, sandbanks, urban/port approach and upland margins . 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

Severn Estuary Crossing Belt is interpreted as a major tidal crossing, port and wetland-edge archaeology landscape. Avon/Bristol Route Node is interpreted as a urban river crossing and port approach landscape. Bath/Avon Roman Route Fringe is interpreted as a Roman road/spa and river valley corridor landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Severn-Avon estuary route is interpreted as a estuarine 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.Avon-Bath inland route is interpreted as a Roman/medieval river-valley 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

Severn estuary crossing/access is a major tidal crossing. Avon/Bristol crossing is a major river crossing.

Main Places