OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 93)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Yorkshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 93 (York, central/eastern Yorkshire and Wolds fringe inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a lowland vale and river-corridor landscape landscape, characterised by Vale of York with York road convergence, Ouse/Foss waterways and eastern scarp/woodland margins.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Vale of York with York road convergence, Ouse/Foss waterways and eastern scarp/woodland margins archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal/marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

York Roman/Medieval Road Convergence Core, Ouse/Foss Waterway 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 XCIII / 93 appears in two uploaded fragments, one showing a York-centred lowland area and another showing adjacent upland terrain. County lettering and settlement density are consistent with Yorkshire.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 93 shows a mixed area of lowland river city and upland fringelowland vale and river-corridor landscape Vale of York with York road convergence, Ouse/Foss waterways and eastern scarp/woodland margins lowland agricultural plain with river corridor and nearby upland scarp/fringe relief . 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

York Roman/Medieval Road Convergence Core is interpreted as a city, river crossing, Roman road and settlement archaeology landscape. Ouse/Foss Waterway Belt is interpreted as a riverine, bridge and waterfront archaeology landscape. Eastern Scarp and Estate Fringe is interpreted as a villa/estate, enclosure and high-route potential landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

York - River Ouse corridor is interpreted as a route/river/coastal 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.River Ouse regional route corridor is interpreted as a settlement and topographic 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.

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

York crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node. River Ouse crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node. River Foss crossing/route node is a river crossing or upland pass route node.

Main Places