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LiDAR map of Shaftesbury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Shaftesbury, a parish in Dorset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 49 recorded places here: 45 listed buildings, 4 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 136 m and 226 m above sea level; its highest point is about 238 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 castles, 1 church or chapel and 1 fishpond.
Shaftesbury 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 Shaftesbury, 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 Shaftesbury. 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 Shaftesbury. 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 Shaftesbury 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 49 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
- 4.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 49
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 136–226 m above sea level; highest 238 m
- ONS code
- E04003434
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Medieval fortified house at Castle HillScheduled monument
- Site of St John's ChurchScheduled monument
- Late Saxon urban area E of Castle HillScheduled monument
- Fishponds S of Layton LaneScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- The Remains of Shaftesbury Abbey
- Park Wall
- Shaftsbury Congregational Church
- The Grosvenor Arms Hotel
- Ox House
- Pensbury House
- Garrett Memorial Methodist Church
- The Mitre Inn
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Church of St James
- The Kings Arms Public House
- National Wesminster Bank
- Entrance to Oldmarket Playhouse and Arts Centre
- Grosvenor House
- War Memorial at Apex of Salisbury Road and A350
- Stone Setts Before Nos 8 and 10 and Wall
- Church of St Rumbold
- Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Martyr
- Wall Enclosing Church Yard to St Rumbold's Church
- Wall Enclosing Churchyard to Holy Trinity Church
- Wall and Railings Enclosing Shaftesbury
- Fox and Hounds Public House
- The Ship Inn
- The Fountain Inn
- Premises Occupied by Dorset County Library
- The Crown Public House
- Half Moon Public House
- Royal Chase Hotel
- The Saint Edward Hotel
- Knowles Arms Public House
and 15 more on the map.
Nearest places with their own page
- Shaftesbury Abbey300 m south
- Castle Rings3.4 km north-east
- Old Wardour Castle8.5 km east
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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.