OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 47)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 47 (North-west Essex / Hertfordshire border inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a river valley and wooded upland landscape, characterised by Herefordshire/Worcestershire border rivers, market towns, ridgeways and hachured upland route corridors.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Herefordshire-Worcestershire river crossing, Roman-road and border upland archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Hereford Wye Crossing 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

Large ESSEX county lettering is visible. The sheet position is reconstructed from visible towns including Saffron Walden, Bishop's Stortford, Thaxted and Dunmow, plus adjacent checked OS Old Series sheet-index logic. Graticule labels are faint and not relied upon as primary evidence.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 47 shows a mixed area of river valley and wooded upland Herefordshire/Worcestershire border rivers, market towns, ridgeways and hachured upland route corridors . 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

Hereford Wye Crossing Core is interpreted as a major river crossing, Roman/medieval route convergence and settlement zone landscape. Malvern / Abberley Ridge Belt is interpreted as a ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure and beacon landscape landscape. Teme Valley Crossing Belt is interpreted as a river valley villa/estate and crossing landscape landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Hereford-Ledbury-Malvern route corridor is interpreted as a Roman/medieval road 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.Hereford-Leominster-Ludlow corridor is interpreted as a north-south Roman/medieval 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.Teme valley route corridor is interpreted as a 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

Hereford Wye crossing is a major river bridge/ford. Tenbury Teme crossing is a river crossing town. Mordiford Wye/Lugg crossing is a river confluence crossing.

Main Places