OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 71 / LXXI)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Derbyshire, Yorkshire fringe, Nottinghamshire fringe, Staffordshire fringe: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 71 (Derbyshire / Derby and Sheffield inferred).

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Old Series Map Index

 

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a inland/upland-lowland mixed landscape, characterised by Derbyshire upland margins, Derwent valley, gritstone/limestone ridges and enclosed lowlands.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Route, settlement, water-crossing, ridgeway and historic landscape archaeology inferred from Old Series morphology.. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal, marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Derwent Valley Route and Crossing Belt, Peak Fringe Ridge and Lead-working 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 LXXI / N° LXXI is visible in the upper-right margin and sheet number 71 is visible at lower-left. Large DERBYSHIRE lettering is readable across the sheet. Derby and Sheffield are identifiable settlement controls, with prominent Peak District / Derbyshire upland relief in the west and central/north Derbyshire towns along the Derwent and Rother corridors. Bounds are reconstructed from visible geography, neighbouring sheet relationships and OS Old Series sheet-index geometry; engraved graticule labels are faint or not reliably readable.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 71 / LXXI shows a mixed area of inland/upland-lowland mixed Derbyshire upland margins, Derwent valley, gritstone/limestone ridges and enclosed lowlands . 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

Derwent Valley Route and Crossing Belt is interpreted as a Roman/medieval river-valley route and crossing archaeology landscape. Peak Fringe Ridge and Lead-working Belt is interpreted as a ridgeway, enclosure and extractive archaeology landscape. Derby Road Convergence Core is interpreted as a road convergence, river crossing and roadside settlement potential landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Derwent north-south corridor is interpreted as a river-valley/Roman 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.Ashbourne-Derby route is interpreted as a road/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

Derby Derwent crossing is a river crossing/road node. Wirksworth upland route junction is a upland route convergence.

Main Places