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LiDAR map of Ainstable
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Ainstable, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 47 recorded places here: 26 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 9 listed buildings, 7 scheduled monuments, 5 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 106 m and 539 m above sea level; its highest point is about 629 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 6 henges and standing stones and 1 settlement.
Ainstable 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 Ainstable, 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 Ainstable. 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 Ainstable. 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 26 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
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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 (26 features in the parish) and the 47 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
- Cumbria, England
- Area
- 46.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 47
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 106–539 m above sea level; highest 629 m
- ONS code
- E04002510
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street HouseScheduled monument
- Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street HouseScheduled monument
- Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street HouseScheduled monument
- Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street HouseScheduled monument
- Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street HouseScheduled monument
- Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street HouseScheduled monument
- Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far ShieldsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- The Nunnery
- Armathwaite Hall
- The Old Pele and Rectory Farmhouse and Barn
- Byre
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Ainstable War Memorial Lych-Gate
- Church of St Michael
- Croglin War Memorial
- Cross
Other recorded places
- NewbigginWikidata place
- AinstableWikidata place
- CroglinWikidata place
- DaleWikidata place
- RuckcroftWikidata place
- DROVE ROAD\FIELD SYSTEMAerial survey feature
- SHIELINGAerial survey feature
- STONE CIRCLEAerial survey feature
- STONE CIRCLEAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLEAerial survey feature
- STONE CIRCLEAerial survey feature
- PLATFORMAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- HA HAAerial survey feature
- MILL PONDAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- FIELD BOUNDARY\WATER CHANNELAerial survey feature
- HOLLOW WAY\WATER CHANNELAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\FARMSTEADAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Long Meg and Her Daughters9.7 km south
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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.