OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 83)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Lincolnshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 83 (Lincoln and central Lincolnshire).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a lowland/upland route landscape landscape, characterised by Lincolnshire Roman road, limestone edge and river valley landscape.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Lincolnshire Roman Road, Limestone Edge And River Valley Landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal, marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Lincoln Roman Road Convergence Core, Ermine Street Limestone Ridge

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 LXXXIII / 83 is visible. Large county lettering LINCOLN is unmistakable and the city of Lincoln lies close to the centre of the map. Drainage, road and settlement controls are strong.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 83 shows a mixed area of lowland county town and river valleylowland/upland route landscape Lincolnshire Roman road, limestone edge and river valley landscape lowland agricultural plain, river valley, limestone edge and fen-edge drainage . 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

Lincoln Roman Road Convergence Core is interpreted as a route/river/coast convergence landscape. Ermine Street Limestone Ridge is interpreted as a ridgeway/high visibility or wetland edge landscape. Witham Valley Crossing Belt is interpreted as a route/river/coast convergence landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Ermine Street / Lincoln-Navenby-Ancaster corridor is interpreted as a Roman/medieval route or landscape 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.Lincoln-Newark/Trent corridor is interpreted as a Roman/medieval route or landscape 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

Lincoln Witham crossing is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing. Newark Trent fringe crossing is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing.

Main Places