LiDAR map of Castle
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Castle (Castell), a community in Cardiff, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 89 recorded places here: 59 listed buildings, 23 Coflein records, 4 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 ancient places (Pleiades), 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 7 m and 14 m above sea level; its highest point is about 27 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 monastic site.
Castle 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Castle, 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 Castle. 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
See Castle 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 and the 89 recorded places in the community, 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
- Cardiff, Wales
- Area
- 1.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 89
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 7–14 m above sea level; highest 27 m
- ONS code
- W04000841
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Dominican FriaryScheduled monument
- Tamion?Ancient place (Pleiades)
- Cardiff CastleAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Cardiff Castle
- National Museum of Wales
- Church of St John The Baptist.
- Cardiff City Hall
- Park House
- Welsh National War Memorial
- Animal Wall, and Gates near Clock Tower
- Cardiff Central Market
- Stables to Cardiff Castle in Bute Park
- City United Reformed Church
- Castle Arcade
- South African War Memorial
- Former Central Library
- Entrance Block to Castle Arcade
- Law Courts
- Former Glamorgan County Hall
- University of Wales, Cardiff
- Golden Cross Public House
- Statue of John Batchelor
- Temple of Peace & Health
- David Morgan
- Royal Hotel
- St David's Hall
- Tabernacle Chapel
- Cardiff Bridge
- Bute Building
- New Theatre
- Former Prince of Wales Theatre
- Jackson Hall
- Hayes Island Snack Bar
and 29 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Cardiff CastleCoflein record
- St Dyfrig's ChurchCoflein record
- Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffCoflein record
- Imperial Cinema, CardiffCoflein record
- Queen StreetCoflein record
- Empire Pool, CardiffCoflein record
- Capitol Cinema, CardiffCoflein record
- Olympia Cinema, CardiffCoflein record
- Park Hall Cinema, CardiffCoflein record
- Cardiff International Arena; Motorpoint ArenaCoflein record
- One Kingsway, CardiffCoflein record
- Cardiff Central Bus Station, Temperance TownCoflein record
- Temperance Town, CardiffCoflein record
- Empire Theatre, Queen Street, CardiffCoflein record
- Cardiff University Law BuildingCoflein record
- University of Wales Sir Martin Evans BuildingCoflein record
- University of Wales Tower BuildingCoflein record
- Thomson House, CardiffCoflein record
- Betty Campbell Statue, Central Square, CardiffCoflein record
- National Stadium, CardiffWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Cardiff Castle140 m south-east
- Old Leckwith Bridge2.5 km south-west
- Bishop's Palace2.7 km north-west
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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.