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LiDAR map of Abbotsbury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Abbotsbury, a parish in Dorset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 124 recorded places here: 85 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 23 listed buildings, 10 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 9 m and 166 m above sea level; its highest point is about 214 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 6 barrows or cairns, 1 castle, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 church or chapel.
Abbotsbury 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 Abbotsbury, 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 Abbotsbury. 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 Abbotsbury. 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 85 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Abbotsbury 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 (85 features in the parish) and the 124 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
- Dorset, England
- Area
- 18.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 124
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 9–166 m above sea level; highest 214 m
- ONS code
- E04003492
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Abbotsbury Castle (camp)Scheduled monument
- Abbotsbury GardensRegistered park or garden
- Two round barrows on Wears HillScheduled monument
- Dyke on Wears HillScheduled monument
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel CoppiceScheduled monument
- Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill PlantationScheduled monument
- Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears FarmScheduled monument
- Group of five round barrows on White HillScheduled monument
- Round barrow in White Hill PlantationScheduled monument
- St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel HillScheduled monument
- Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool FarmScheduled monument
- Abbotsbury CastleAncient place (Pleiades)
- Abbotsbury AbbeyAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- The Malthouse
- Tithe Barn
- Chapel of St Catherine
- Parish Church of St Nicholas
- North Wall of Abbey Church of St Peter
- Abbotsbury Mill
- Abbotsbury War Memorial
- Outer Gatehouse with Walling
- Abbott's Walk
- Pigeon House
- Rodden House
- The Manor House
- Shepherd Glass and No 14
- Abbotsbury Smithy
- Basket Factory
- Water Outlet with Arch Surround
and 7 more on the map.
Nearest places with their own page
- Abbotsbury Abbey1.8 km north-west
- Hell Stone2.9 km north-east
- The Grey Mare and her Colts3.0 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.