OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 3)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Kent: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet III (Isle of Thanet and North-East Kent).

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Old Series Map Index

 

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a coastal lowland landscape, characterised by chalk peninsula, former tidal island, marsh channel and Roman route landscape.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Former island connected to a major Roman maritime transport network. Roman-Saxon transition landscape focused on the Wantsum Channel

High Visibility Locations

Reculver Headland, North Foreland, Minster Ridge

Terrain Archaeology

The terrain is interpreted using hachures. Hachures define low chalk relief, headlands and marsh-edge transitions.

Main Geographic Information

Best-effort transcription and archaeological interpretation from lower-resolution JPG. Gazetteer and archaeology fields are suitable as control metadata and prediction layers, not as surveyed/georeferenced evidence.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 3 shows a mixed area of coastal lowland chalk peninsula, former tidal island, marsh channel and Roman route landscapecoastal lowland chalk peninsula, former tidal island, marsh channel and Roman route landscape chalk peninsula, former tidal island, marshes, coastal cliffs, route convergence and low agricultural plateau . 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

Sarre Wantsum Crossing is interpreted as a Roman ferry / bridge / causeway and transport node landscape. Former Wantsum Shoreline is interpreted as a Roman waterfront occupation corridor landscape. Minster Ridge is interpreted as a Roman estate centre / villa landscape landscape. North Foreland is interpreted as a beacon / maritime lookout zone landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Canterbury-Sarre-Thanet Corridor is interpreted as a primary Roman transport 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.Canterbury-Reculver Corridor is interpreted as a Roman military and coastal access 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

Sarre Wantsum Crossing is a ford / ferry / causeway candidate. St Nicholas-at-Wade Marsh Crossing is a marsh-edge access crossing.

Main Places