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

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of : Old Series map of .

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a coastal/island landscape, characterised by Dee estuary, coastal lowlands, Clwydian hills, Cheshire plain and Roman road/river crossing landscape.

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

Chester Roman Road and Dee Crossing Core, Flint-Dee Estuary Coastal 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

Main Landscape Features

Sheet shows a mixed area of coastal/island Dee estuary, coastal lowlands, Clwydian hills, Cheshire plain and Roman road/river crossing landscape . 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

Chester Roman Road and Dee Crossing Core is interpreted as a Roman city, road convergence, river crossing and extramural settlement archaeology landscape. Flint-Dee Estuary Coastal Belt is interpreted as a castle, port, marsh-edge and route archaeology landscape. Clwydian Range Hillfort/Ridgeway Belt is interpreted as a hillforts, ridgeways, beacons and prehistoric route archaeology landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Watling Street/Chester Roman road fan is interpreted as a Roman road. 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.Dee estuary coastal route is interpreted as a coastal/estuary 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.Clwydian ridgeway is interpreted as a ridgeway. 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

Chester Dee crossing is a major river/Roman crossing. Flint Dee estuary crossing/landing is a estuary landing/crossing. Mold/Alyn crossing is a river crossing/road node.

Main Places