OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 99)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Westmorland, Lancashire north of the sands, Cumberland fringe: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 99 (Westmorland/Furness and southern Lake District inferred).

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a upland coastal fringe and lake district landscape landscape, characterised by Furness/Cumbrian coastal approaches, fell valleys, lake margins and ridge routes.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Furness/Cumbrian coastal approaches, fell valleys, lake margins and ridge routes archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence, coastal/marsh-edge and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Furness/Morecambe Bay Coastal Route Belt, Southern Lake District Fell Route 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 XCIX / 99 appears to show southern Lakeland and adjoining lowland/coastal-estuarine controls. Identification is supported by relief/lake patterns but remains provisional from the montage.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 99 shows a mixed area of upland/coastal transition southern Lake District and estuary fringeupland coastal fringe and lake district landscape Furness/Cumbrian coastal approaches, fell valleys, lake margins and ridge routes mountain valleys, lake basins, estuary fringe and South Lakeland settlements . 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

Furness/Morecambe Bay Coastal Route Belt is interpreted as a landing, salt, coastal settlement and route archaeology landscape. Southern Lake District Fell Route Belt is interpreted as a upland pass, cairn and ridgeway archaeology landscape. Cartmel/Kendal Estate and Market Fringe is interpreted as a estate, monastic/medieval settlement and route convergence landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Furness fringe - Coniston/central fells fringe 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.Coniston/central fells fringe 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

Furness fringe crossing/route node is a coastal/river crossing or route node. Coniston/central fells fringe crossing/route node is a coastal/river crossing or route node. Kendal fringe crossing/route node is a coastal/river crossing or route node.

Main Places