OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 38)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Hampshire, Isle of Wight: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 38 (Isle of Wight / Solent).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a natural harbour and coastal peninsula landscape, characterised by Milford Haven maritime landscape, peninsulas, islands, coastal headlands and routeway settlements.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Milford Haven maritime, promontory, island and harbour archaeology landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Milford Haven Harbour 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

Sheet 38 / N° XXXVIII is visible in the margins. The landmass and coastal labels match the Isle of Wight and the Solent/Spithead sector. Most of the lower sheet is open sea. Bounding coordinates are approximate WGS84 decimals reconstructed from sheet geometry and identifiable geography. Supplementary marginal detail reads approximately: 'Meridian of Mold. Longitude 4°32?52? West.' This is treated as anchor evidence from the map margin, not as the full sheet west/east bound.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 38 shows a mixed area of natural harbour and coastal peninsula Milford Haven maritime landscape, peninsulas, islands, coastal headlands and routeway settlements . 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

Milford Haven Harbour Core is interpreted as a natural harbour, landing and maritime settlement zone landscape. Dale/Angle Promontory Belt is interpreted as a coastal promontory enclosure and lookout landscape landscape. Pembroke Route Node is interpreted as a castle/river crossing and inland route focus landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Milford Haven coastal route is interpreted as a harbour-edge 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.Dale/Angle maritime route is interpreted as a promontory/coastal 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

Milford Haven landing/crossing is a harbour crossing/landing. Pembroke crossing/access is a river/castle route node.

Main Places