OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 97)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Westmorland fringe: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 97 (Lancashire/Yorkshire Pennine fringe, Ribble/Calder district inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a upland limestone plateau and valley landscape landscape, characterised by Peak District dales, high moors, lead-mining, estate landscapes and ridgeway corridors.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Peak District dales, high moors, lead-mining, estate landscapes and ridgeway corridors archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal/marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Bakewell/Wye-Derwent Crossing Core, Matlock/Derwent Gorge 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 XCVII / 97 appears to show a mixture of western lowlands and Pennine uplands. County lettering is partly visible but identification is more provisional than the coastal sheets.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 97 shows a mixed area of upland fringe Pennine valleysupland limestone plateau and valley landscape Peak District dales, high moors, lead-mining, estate landscapes and ridgeway corridors moorland ridges, limestone/valley landscapes, industrial fringe and market towns . 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

Bakewell/Wye-Derwent Crossing Core is interpreted as a river crossing, market settlement and Roman/medieval route convergence landscape. Matlock/Derwent Gorge Belt is interpreted as a valley route, industrial, cave and settlement archaeology landscape. Peak Forest Upland Mining/Ridge Belt is interpreted as a lead-mining, ridgeway and prehistoric enclosure potential landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Bakewell - Matlock 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.Matlock 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

Bakewell crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node. Matlock crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node. River Derwent crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node.

Main Places