OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 96)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Yorkshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 96 (North Yorkshire coast, Scarborough, Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby district inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a industrial upland fringe and Pennine valleys landscape, characterised by South Pennine ridges, river valleys, moorland passes and early industrial settlements.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is South Pennine ridges, river valleys, moorland passes and early industrial settlements archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal/marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Rochdale/Irwell Valley Crossing Belt, Oldham Pennine Edge 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 XCVI / 96 is a coastal Yorkshire montage fragment. The image shows rugged North Sea coastline and high relief inland, consistent with Scarborough, Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby and North York Moors fringe.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 96 shows a mixed area of coastal upland moorland cliffs and fishing baysindustrial upland fringe and Pennine valleys South Pennine ridges, river valleys, moorland passes and early industrial settlements coastal cliffs, bays, moorland ridges, steep valleys and small fishing settlements . 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

Rochdale/Irwell Valley Crossing Belt is interpreted as a valley route, bridge, industrial and medieval settlement archaeology landscape. Oldham Pennine Edge Route Belt is interpreted as a upland-edge route, ridgeway and settlement archaeology landscape. South Pennine Moorland Ridge Belt is interpreted as a prehistoric route, cairn/barrow and enclosure potential landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Manchester fringe - Rochdale corridor is interpreted as a route/river/coastal 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.Rochdale regional route corridor is interpreted as a settlement and topographic route 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

Manchester fringe crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node. Rochdale crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node. Oldham crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node.

Main Places