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LiDAR map of Compton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Compton, a parish in Berkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 24 recorded places here: 15 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 4 listed buildings, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 103 m and 157 m above sea level; its highest point is about 176 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 castle.
Compton on the LiDAR. Bare-earth LiDAR, drawn in your browser by the RVT toolbox (the Relief Visualization Toolbox, ZRC SAZU). It opens on Combined VAT; the panel holds all seventeen of its methods, each with its settings. LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Compton, 1888–1913. The Ordnance Survey’s six-inch-to-the-mile map, second edition, surveyed between 1888 and 1913 and held by the National Library of Scotland, laid over today’s map with the paper colour removed, so the field boundaries, place names and antiquities the surveyors drew sit on the ground. More about this map
Roman roads near Compton. The Roman road network compiled by the Roman Roads Research Association (Digital Britannia), with each road’s grade of evidence, and the Roman forts, camps and towns along them. More about this map
Aerial archaeology at Compton. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 15 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Compton with everything Waystone has
The full map lays the LiDAR under the Ordnance Survey's six-inch maps of 1843–1913, the Roman road network, Historic England's aerial survey (15 features in the parish) and the 24 recorded places in the parish, with search, the sun dial, the ground probe and the cross-section tool, for all of England and Wales. Free, with nothing to install.
- County
- Berkshire, England
- Area
- 15.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 24
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 103–157 m above sea level; highest 176 m
- ONS code
- E04001164
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Perborough CastleAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Perborough CastleScheduled monument
Listed buildings
Other recorded places
- Compton railway stationWikidata place
- ComptonWikidata place
- BOUNDARY\ENCLOSURE\HUT CIRCLE\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLE\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- DRAIN\FISHPOND\LEATAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- LYNCHET\RIDGE AND FURROWAerial survey feature
- LYNCHET\RIDGE AND FURROWAerial survey feature
- GRAIN STORAGE PIT\UNIVALLATE HILLFORTAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\CROFT\GARDEN\RIDGE AND FURROW\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Perborough Castle1.9 km south
- Hampstead Norris Castle4.1 km south
- Blewburton Hill6.6 km north
Neighbouring parishes
Reading the LiDAR
The terrain model has trees, crops and buildings removed, so banks, ditches, mounds, old field systems and hollow ways show as relief. Many are modern or natural: check the records and the old Ordnance Survey map in the app. How to read a LiDAR map. Scheduled monuments are protected by law; use public rights of way.
Sources
- LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Heights: Waystone, from the same LiDAR sampled about every 12 m inside the boundary; 'most of the ground' is the middle 80% of those heights; metres above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
- Parish boundary: Office for National Statistics, Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas (December 2024), Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.