OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 51)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, London / Middlesex fringe: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 51 (South-east London / West Kent / East Surrey inferred).

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 lowland river and forest-edge landscape, characterised by Don/Idle/Trent lowlands, Great North Road/Roman-road corridors, Sherwood fringe and South Yorkshire route nodes.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Doncaster Roman-road, river crossing, Great North Road and forest-edge archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Doncaster Roman Road Node

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 LI / N° LI is visible in the upper-right margin. Large partial county lettering and the partial LONDON label are visible; bounds are reconstructed from Sheet L adjacency, visible settlement geography and Kent/Surrey/Sussex borderland place-name pattern. Graticule labels are faint, so coordinates are approximate.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 51 shows a mixed area of lowland river and forest-edge Don/Idle/Trent lowlands, Great North Road/Roman-road corridors, Sherwood fringe and South Yorkshire route nodes . 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

Doncaster Roman Road Node is interpreted as a Roman/medieval route convergence and river crossing landscape. Bawtry / Great North Road Belt is interpreted as a linear road corridor and roadside settlement zone landscape. Sherwood / Idle Valley Edge is interpreted as a woodland-edge, villa/farmstead and river crossing landscape landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Great North Road / Roman-road corridor is interpreted as a long-distance 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.Doncaster-Rotherham Don 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.Retford-Trent fringe corridor is interpreted as a river lowland 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

Doncaster Don crossing is a major river crossing. Bawtry Idle/Ryton crossing is a road/river crossing. Retford Idle crossing is a river crossing town.

Main Places