OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 85)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 85 (Mouth of the Humber, Spurn Head and Holderness coast).

Please note that the modern reference map on the split screen is intended as a guide only.

Old Series Map Index

 

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a coastal/estuarine landscape, characterised by estuarine sandbank, marsh-edge and maritime landscape.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Estuarine Sandbank, Marsh-Edge And Maritime Landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal, marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Humber Estuary Maritime Route Zone, Spurn Head Coastal Landmark

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 LXXXV / 85 is visible. The map explicitly labels MOUTH OF THE HUMBER and shows the distinctive Spurn Head / Holderness coastline. This is one of the strongest identifications.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 85 shows a mixed area of estuary coastal marsh and sand spitcoastal/estuarine estuarine sandbank, marsh-edge and maritime landscape sea-dominated estuary mouth, sand spits, marshland, coastal villages and low-lying Holderness 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

Humber Estuary Maritime Route Zone is interpreted as a ridgeway/high visibility or wetland edge landscape. Spurn Head Coastal Landmark is interpreted as a ridgeway/high visibility or wetland edge landscape. Sunk Island Marsh-edge Potential is interpreted as a ridgeway/high visibility or wetland edge landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Humber estuary navigation corridor is interpreted as a Roman/medieval route or landscape 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.South Holderness-Spurn coastal corridor is interpreted as a Roman/medieval route or landscape 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.

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

Spurn landing/crossing zone is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing. Sunk Island marsh-edge crossing is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing. South Humber bank crossing is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing.

Main Places