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LiDAR map of Coniston
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Coniston, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 39 recorded places here: 19 places recorded in Wikidata, 11 listed buildings, 8 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 66 m and 557 m above sea level; its highest point is about 802 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 industrial sites, 2 barrows or cairns and 2 settlements.
Coniston 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 Coniston, 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 Coniston. 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 Coniston. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Coniston 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, Historic England's aerial survey and the 39 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
- 42.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 39
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 66–557 m above sea level; highest 802 m
- ONS code
- E04002597
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- TilberthwaiteAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, BanisheadScheduled monument
- Cairns on Foul ScrowScheduled monument
- Coniston copper minesScheduled monument
- Yewdale lime kiln 380m south west of Low YewdaleScheduled monument
- Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston WaterScheduled monument
- Greenburn copper mines and associated ore processing worksScheduled monument
- Seven Intakes medieval dispersed settlement 210m south west of Fell FootScheduled monument
- Long Intakes medieval dispersed settlement and associated kiln 370m south of Fell FootScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Coniston Hall
- Coniston War Memorial
- Brantwood
- Lodge and former stable
- Church of St Andrew
- Boundary Stone on Site of Three Shire Stones
- Bee Boles to North
- S.v. Gondola Stores
- Cottage to Rear of Sun Inn Public House
- Memorial Cross to John Ruskin
- Shepherd's Bridge
Other recorded places
- Coniston WaterWikidata place
- Ashgill QuarryWikidata place
- Birk Fell Hawse MineWikidata place
- Yewdale BeckWikidata place
- Levers WaterWikidata place
- Tarn HowsWikidata place
- Old Man of ConistonWikidata place
- Brim FellWikidata place
- Great CarrsWikidata place
- Holme FellWikidata place
- Lawson ParkWikidata place
- Yew Tree TarnWikidata place
- Ruskin MuseumWikidata place
- Swirl HowWikidata place
- Coniston railway stationWikidata place
- Cat BankWikidata place
- WetherlamWikidata place
- ConistonWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Coniston copper mines1.3 km west
- Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale4.0 km north
- Langdale Boulders6.8 km north
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.