OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 2)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Kent: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 2 (East Kent / Isle of Thanet inferred).

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Old Series Map Index

 

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a estuarine maritime landscape landscape, characterised by tidal flats, sandbanks, island marshes and North Sea approach waters.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Lower Thames estuary maritime, tidal, marsh and navigation archaeology. Enhanced prediction from maritime route, anchorage, saltern, marsh-edge, coastal defence, Roman shore-route and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

The Nore, Sheerness / Swale mouth fringe

Terrain Archaeology

The terrain is interpreted using hachures and coastal sound/sandbank depiction. Relief is slight on land, but coastline, sandbank shading and tidal channels dominate; these support inference of landing places, navigation routes, marsh edges and estuarine archaeology.

Main Geographic Information

Large sea area; coastline and Isle of Thanet readable; bounds approximate due to faint graticule labels

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 2 shows a mixed area of estuarine maritime landscape tidal flats, sandbanks, island marshes and North Sea approach waters . 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

Foulness Marsh Edge is interpreted as a marsh-edge settlement, saltern and landing zone landscape. Maplin Sands Navigation Landscape is interpreted as a tidal sandbank, channel and wreck-potential zone landscape. Nore Anchorage and Thames Approach is interpreted as a roadstead, naval anchorage and estuary approach landscape. Sheerness and Swale Mouth Fringe is interpreted as a dockyard, harbour and estuarine route node landscape. North Kent Marsh and Reculver Fringe is interpreted as a coastal settlement and Roman/medieval shore-route potential landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Lower Thames / Nore navigation corridor is interpreted as a estuary navigation and anchorage 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.Sheppey to Foulness estuary crossing logic is interpreted as a tidal ferry/route inference. 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.North Kent shore route is interpreted as a coastal land route / Roman-medieval fringe inference. 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

Nore anchorage / Thames approach is a anchorage / estuarine crossing. Swale mouth access is a tidal channel access. Foulness marsh-edge access is a marsh-edge landing.

Main Places