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LiDAR map of Athelhampton and Puddletown
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Athelhampton and Puddletown, a parish in Dorset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 92 recorded places here: 55 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 18 listed buildings, 17 scheduled monuments, 1 registered park or garden, 1 Wikidata place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 43 m and 113 m above sea level; its highest point is about 142 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 14 barrows or cairns, 1 Roman site, 1 deserted village and 1 medieval settlement.
Athelhampton and Puddletown 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 Athelhampton and Puddletown, 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 Athelhampton and Puddletown. 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 Athelhampton and Puddletown. 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 55 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Athelhampton and Puddletown 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 (55 features in the parish) and the 92 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
- 31.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 92
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 43–113 m above sea level; highest 142 m
- ONS code
- E04013368
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- AthelhamptonRegistered park or garden
- Three round barrows on Puddletown DownScheduled monument
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher BarnScheduled monument
- Two round barrows SW of Well House CottageScheduled monument
- Round barrow N of Boswell's PlantationScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy HouseScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe BarnScheduled monument
- Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon CornerScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy HouseScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's BirthplaceScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy FarmScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy FarmScheduled monument
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle HeathScheduled monument
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge FarmScheduled monument
- Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black HeathScheduled monument
- Deserted village of BardolfestonScheduled monument
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston HouseScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Waterston Manor
- Church of Saint Mary
- The Old Vicarage
- Ilsington House
- Churchyard Cross, in the Churchyard
- Hand Monument, in the Churchyard in the Angle
- George Edwards Monument, in the Churchyard
- Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard
- Parish Church
- Puddletown Primary School
- William Dennis Monument, in the Churchyard
- Antique Book and Map Shop and Saddlers
- The Reading Room - Now Puddletown Youth Centre
- Group of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard
- Remains of Cross, at , near Parish Boundary
- Bridge Over River Piddle, and Wall Along
- Cobblers
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- BurlestonWikidata place
- CHALK PIT\NATURAL FEATUREAerial survey feature
- CHALK PIT\NATURAL FEATUREAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- POND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- DESERTED SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Dorchester Roman walls5.4 km south-west
- Maumbury Rings6.0 km south-west
- Poundbury Hill6.2 km west
Neighbouring parishes
- Tincleton
- West Knighton
- West Stafford
- Woodsford
- Stinsford
- Charminster
- Piddlehinton
- Dewlish
- Burleston and Tolpuddle
- Cheselbourne
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.