OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 28)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Devon: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 28 (Lundy Island / Bristol Channel inferred).

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Old Series Map Index

 

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a offshore island landscape, characterised by Lundy Island maritime, landing, cliff and beacon landscape within the Bristol Channel.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Lundy offshore island, maritime landing and promontory archaeology landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Lundy Island Core

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 28 shows a mixed area of offshore island Lundy Island maritime, landing, cliff and beacon landscape within the Bristol Channel . 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

Lundy Island Core is interpreted as a offshore island settlement, landing and beacon landscape landscape. Lundy Coastline Belt is interpreted as a cliff-top enclosure/lookout and maritime risk zone landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Lundy island internal route is interpreted as a island track/landing 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.

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

Lundy landing access is a island landing/access point.

Main Places