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LiDAR map of Caerphilly
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Caerphilly at one metre per pixel, with the 1,298 recorded historic places the heritage records hold here, the Roman roads and the Ordnance Survey six-inch maps of 1843–1913 over the same ground. Free, in a browser.
Places on the LiDAR in Caerphilly
Each page shows the site on the LiDAR with its record, its location and the recorded places around it.
- Caerphilly CastleCastle
- Craig Ruperra MotteCastle
- Morgraig CastleCastle
- Pen-y-fan PondScheduled monument
- Ruperra CastleCastle
- TwmbarlwmHillfort
LiDAR maps of the communities of Caerphilly
One page for each of the 27 communities, with a LiDAR picture and the recorded places inside it.
- Aber Valley129 recorded places
- Abercarn40 recorded places
- Argoed42 recorded places
- Bargoed49 recorded places
- Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen60 recorded places
- Blackwood23 recorded places
- Caerphilly125 recorded places
- Cefn Fforest6 recorded places
- Crosskeys25 recorded places
- Crumlin54 recorded places
- Darran Valley142 recorded places
- Gelligaer79 recorded places
- Llanbradach and Pwllypant27 recorded places
- Maesycwmmer22 recorded places
- Nelson56 recorded places
- New Tredegar42 recorded places
- Newbridge26 recorded places
- Pengam21 recorded places
- Penmaen26 recorded places
- Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn19 recorded places
- Pontllanfraith32 recorded places
- Rhymney128 recorded places
- Risca East15 recorded places
- Risca West38 recorded places
- Rudry24 recorded places
- Van10 recorded places
- Ynysddu39 recorded places
About the LiDAR
The terrain model is made from an airborne laser survey with vegetation and buildings removed, so earthworks show as height: hillfort ramparts, barrows, Roman road banks, hollow ways and ridge and furrow. In the app the picture is computed as you change the settings, with a moveable sun, a local relief model, multidirectional hillshading and the VAT composite. See how to read a LiDAR map and what archaeology looks like on LiDAR.
Sources
- LiDAR: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
Last updated 2026-10-16.