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LiDAR map of Carmarthen
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin), a community in Carmarthenshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 99 recorded places here: 49 Coflein records, 33 listed buildings, 6 scheduled monuments, 5 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 11 m and 112 m above sea level; its highest point is about 167 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 Roman sites, 1 monastic site and 1 moated site.
Carmarthen 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 Carmarthen, 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 Carmarthen. 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 Carmarthen 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 99 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
- Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Area
- 20.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 99
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 11–112 m above sea level; highest 167 m
- ONS code
- W04000494
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- The Bulwarks (Civil War)Scheduled monument
- Carmarthen Roman Fort (part of)Scheduled monument
- St John's PrioryScheduled monument
- Parc y Gaer, CarmarthenAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Allt-y-CnapAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Roman AmphitheatreScheduled monument
- Carmarthen Roman Town (part of)Scheduled monument
- Trebersed Moated SiteScheduled monument
- *MoridunumAncient place (Pleiades)
- CarmarthenAncient place (Pleiades)
- Roman amphitheater at *MoridunumAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- The Guildhall
- Carmarthen Castle
- Capel Heol Dwr
- English Baptist Church
- Capel Heol Awst
- Eglwys Sant Ioan/Church of St John
- Parish Church of St Peter
- Penuel Baptist Chapel
- Carmarthen Cemetery Chapel
- Elim independent Chapel
- Trinity College
- Carmarthen House
- The Picton Monument
- English Congregational Church
- Christ Church
- Bandstand in Carmarthen Park
- Church of St Mary
- No 51
- Ty Gelli Aur/Golden Grove House, with steps
- Railings, gates and gatepiers to Capel Heol Awst
- Ice house to Plas Ystrad, Coed y Plas
- Lime Grove House
- Former Blast Furnace
- Lloyds Bank
- Tomb
- Toll House
- Gates, piers and railings to Capel Heol Dwr
- Milestone
- The Lodge at St David's Hospital
- Boundary stone on A40
and 3 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- St David's Church, CarmarthenCoflein record
- St Mary's Catholic Church, Union StreetCoflein record
- St David's Chapel, St David's Hospital, CarmarthenCoflein record
- Carmarthen Poor Law Bastille or Penlan RoadCoflein record
- Carmarthen Old Provision MarketCoflein record
- St David's Hospital - SE WingCoflein record
- Carmarthen Tinplate WorksCoflein record
- Carmarthen Railway Station, CarmarthenCoflein record
- St John's Chapel, Chapel Site, CarmarthenCoflein record
- Tabernacl Welsh Baptist Church, Waterloo TerraceCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Carmarthen Castle2.2 km east
- Priory of St John and St Teulyddog2.8 km east
- Banc y Betws8.1 km south-east
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.