LiDAR map of Modbury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Modbury, a parish in Devon, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 62 recorded places here: 30 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 28 listed buildings, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 26 m and 131 m above sea level; its highest point is about 172 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 hillfort.
Modbury 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 Modbury, 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 Modbury. 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 Modbury. 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 30 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Modbury 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 (30 features in the parish) and the 62 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
- Devon, England
- Area
- 23.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 62
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 26–131 m above sea level; highest 172 m
- ONS code
- E04003164
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Oidaport CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport CampScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St George
- Old Traine and West Cottage
- Chain House
- The Barracks
- Midland Bank
- Conduit with Retaining Wall and Pavement Steps
- Railings, Piers and Gates to Baptist Chapel
- Baptist Chapel
- The Old Chapel and the Old Schoolroom with Gates
- Walled Garden and Gazebo
- Gate House
- Temeraire Antiques
- White Hart Hotel and the Assembly Rooms
- The Gallery
- Conduit with Containing Walls and Railings
- Trayne House
- Post Office
- The Club
- Modbury Magpie
- Modbury Inn
- Silverwell Reservoir
- The Exeter Inn
- Milestone at Ngr 644518
- Milestone at Ngr 693522 near Leighmoor Cross
- Steps and archway immediately
- Milestone at Ngr 679526
- Milestone
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Whympston ManorWikidata place
- Orcheton, ModburyWikidata place
- BUILDING PLATFORMAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- LEATAerial survey feature
- BARROW\NATURAL FEATUREAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- WATER CHANNEL\WATER MEADOWAerial survey feature
- WATER CHANNEL\WATER MEADOWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- PENAerial survey feature
- SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENTAerial survey feature
- MILLAerial survey feature
- EXTRACTIVE PIT\KILN\QUARRYAerial survey feature
- EXTRACTIVE PIT\KILN\QUARRYAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORMAerial survey feature
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW\ORCHARDAerial survey feature
- FIELD BOUNDARY\NATURAL FEATUREAerial survey feature
- MILL POND\MILL RACE\TAIL RACEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Blackdown Rings4.9 km east
- Yellowberries Copse6.9 km north
- Wasteberry Camp9.9 km 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: 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.