OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 75)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Merionethshire, Cardiganshire fringe, Caernarvonshire fringe: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 75 (Cardigan Bay, Merionethshire and adjoining Welsh coast).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a coastal/island landscape, characterised by mountainous Lake District ridges, lakes, passes, coastal lowland and valley route corridors.

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

Kendal/Kent Valley Crossing Core, Windermere-Ambleside Roman Route 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 LXXV / 75 is visible. The west side is dominated by Cardigan Bay. Large county lettering MERI... is visible across the eastern half and is consistent with MERIONETHSHIRE. Coastal shape, estuary form and mountain relief provide strong controls.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 75 shows a mixed area of coastal/island mountainous Lake District ridges, lakes, passes, coastal lowland and valley route corridors coastal plain, estuary, mountainous uplands and Cardigan Bay shoreline . 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

Kendal/Kent Valley Crossing Core is interpreted as a river crossing, road convergence and Roman/medieval route archaeology landscape. Windermere-Ambleside Roman Route Belt is interpreted as a lake-valley route, fort/vicus and pass archaeology landscape. Morecambe Bay Coastal Edge is interpreted as a coastal route, salt/landing and marsh-edge archaeology landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Kendal-Ambleside lake route is interpreted as a Roman/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.Morecambe Bay-Kendal corridor is interpreted as a coastal/river 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

Kendal River Kent crossing is a river crossing/road node. Ambleside valley/lake crossing is a lake-valley route node.

Main Places