OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 86)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 86 (Lower Humber, Hull district and Lincolnshire bank).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a lowland/upland route landscape landscape, characterised by Trent valley, lowland crossings and Wolds-edge route landscape.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Trent Valley, Lowland Crossings And Wolds-Edge Route Landscape. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal, marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Gainsborough Trent Crossing Core, Torksey Roman/Medieval River Node

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 LXXXVI / 86 is visible. The River Humber dominates the upper half, with Hull and the north bank settlements to the west/centre and Lincolnshire bank controls to the south.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 86 shows a mixed area of estuary port/urban fringe and lowland marshlowland/upland route landscape Trent valley, lowland crossings and Wolds-edge route landscape broad estuary, lowland marsh, urban settlement, villages and gentle scarp/valley features . 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

Gainsborough Trent Crossing Core is interpreted as a route/river/coast convergence landscape. Torksey Roman/Medieval River Node is interpreted as a ridgeway/high visibility or wetland edge landscape. Lincolnshire Cliff/Wolds Edge Route is interpreted as a ridgeway/high visibility or wetland edge landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Trent valley north-south route 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.Torksey-Lincoln route 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.Gainsborough-Market Rasen Wolds edge road 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

Gainsborough Trent crossing is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing. Torksey Trent crossing is a river, estuary, marsh-edge or coastal crossing.

Main Places