OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 61)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Shropshire, Staffordshire fringe, Worcestershire fringe: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 61 (Central and Eastern Shropshire inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a lowland river valley with upland fringes landscape, characterised by Shropshire Severn valley, county-town route convergence and hachured upland fringes.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Shropshire Severn crossing, Roman/medieval route and upland-edge archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal, marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Shrewsbury Severn Crossing Core, Wrekin/Haughmond High Ground 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 LXI / N° LXI is visible in the upper-right margin and the sheet number 61 is visible at lower-left. Large county lettering SHROPSHIRE is visible across the centre. Bounds are reconstructed from sheet-index geometry, adjacent Sheet LX relation, relief pattern, county lettering and identifiable settlement controls; graticule labels are faint.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 61 shows a mixed area of lowland river valley with upland fringes Shropshire Severn valley, county-town route convergence and hachured upland fringes . 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

Shrewsbury Severn Crossing Core is interpreted as a major river crossing and route convergence landscape. Wrekin/Haughmond High Ground Belt is interpreted as a high visibility, enclosure and ridgeway potential landscape. North Shropshire Mere/Route Belt is interpreted as a wetland-edge and route convergence potential landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Severn valley Shrewsbury corridor is interpreted as a river valley 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.Shrewsbury-Market Drayton corridor is interpreted as a north-east 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.Shrewsbury-Oswestry border route is interpreted as a border 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

Shrewsbury Severn crossing is a major river crossing. Atcham Severn crossing is a river crossing.

Main Places