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LiDAR map of Pentyrch
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Pentyrch, a community in Cardiff, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 45 recorded places here: 19 listed buildings, 17 Coflein records, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 51 m and 198 m above sea level; its highest point is about 306 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 barrow or cairn.
Pentyrch 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 Pentyrch, 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 Pentyrch. 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 Pentyrch 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 45 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
- 18.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 45
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 51–198 m above sea level; highest 306 m
- ONS code
- W04000855
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Llwynda-Ddu CampScheduled monument
- Cae-yr-Arfau Burial ChamberScheduled monument
- Five Round Barrows on Garth HillScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Castell-y-mynach
- Pencoed
- Craig-y-parc House
- Loggia at Craig-y-parc
- Gwaelod-y-garth School
- Telephone Call-box
- Garden terrace and steps at Craig-y-parc
- Bethlehem Capel yr Annibynwyr
- Former Salem Chapel
- Lychgate at church of St Catwg
- Horeb Presbyterian Church
- Former Penuel Chapel
- The King's Arms Public House
- Church of St Catwg
- Walls and gatepiers to courtyard entrance
- The Old Forge
- Creigiau Church Hall
- Ynys Bridge
- Ynys Bridge
Other recorded places
- Garth Hill, Barrow ICoflein record
- Garth Hill, Barrow VCoflein record
- Garth Hill, Pillow MoundCoflein record
- Early Christian Stone in Capel LlanillternCoflein record
- Craig-y-Parc, EnclosureCoflein record
- Pencoed MillCoflein record
- Crege CastleWikidata place
- Little Garth MineCoflein record
- Garth Hill, Long MoundCoflein record
- Walnut Tree ViaductWikidata place
- Bronllwyn Independent Chapel, Clawdd ShonCoflein record
- Parc-y-Dwrlyn GroundWikidata place
- Little Garth Mine;Smokey JoesCoflein record
- Creigiau railway stationWikidata place
- Taff's Well Quarry, PentyrchCoflein record
- Pentyrch ForgeCoflein record
- Pentyrch Iron FurnaceCoflein record
- South Cambria CollieryCoflein record
- South Cambria Colliery TramwayCoflein record
- CreigiauWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Llwynda'-ddu1.7 km south-east
- Morganstown Castle Mound3.4 km east
- Castell Coch3.7 km east
Neighbouring parishes
- St. Georges-super-Ely
- Peterston-super-Ely
- St. Fagans
- Pont-y-clun
- Radyr and Morganstown
- Tongwynlais
- Llantrisant
- Taffs Well
- Llantwit Fardre
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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.