OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 94)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Cumberland: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 94 (Western Lake District and West Cumberland coast inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a coastal wold and bay landscape landscape, characterised by Bridlington Bay coast, chalk wold scarp, dry valleys, ports and coastal routeways.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Bridlington Bay coast, chalk wold scarp, dry valleys, ports and coastal routeways archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal/marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Bridlington Bay Harbour and Landing Belt, Flamborough Head Promontory 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 XCIV / 94 is represented as a western Lake District/coastal montage fragment. The image shows sea/coast to the west and strong Lakeland relief inland.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 94 shows a mixed area of coastal upland Lake District fells and narrow coastal plaincoastal wold and bay landscape Bridlington Bay coast, chalk wold scarp, dry valleys, ports and coastal routeways Irish Sea coast, steep Lake District valleys, high fells and narrow coastal plain . 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

Bridlington Bay Harbour and Landing Belt is interpreted as a coastal landing, harbour and medieval maritime archaeology landscape. Flamborough Head Promontory Belt is interpreted as a promontory, signal, enclosure and coastal route potential landscape. Driffield/Wolds Route Core is interpreted as a wold-edge route convergence, estate and enclosure archaeology landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Bridlington Bay - Bridlington 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.Bridlington 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

Bridlington Bay crossing/route node is a coastal/river crossing or route node. Bridlington crossing/route node is a coastal/river crossing or route node. Flamborough Head crossing/route node is a coastal/river crossing or route node.

Main Places