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LiDAR map of Dolgellau
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Dolgellau, a community in Gwynedd, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 117 recorded places here: 56 Coflein records, 49 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 20 m and 495 m above sea level; its highest point is about 863 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 settlements, 1 henge or standing stone and 1 barrow or cairn.
Dolgellau 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Dolgellau, 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 Dolgellau. 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
See Dolgellau 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 and the 117 recorded places in the community, 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
- Gwynedd, Wales
- Area
- 35.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 117
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 20–495 m above sea level; highest 863 m
- ONS code
- W04000061
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Craig y Castell Ii, BrithdirAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Llyn Gafr Standing StoneScheduled monument
- Llyn Gafr Hut CircleScheduled monument
- Maes Coch Hut CirclesScheduled monument
- Tal y Waen cairnsScheduled monument
- Maes Coch Deserted Rural SettlementScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- County Hall
- Dolgellau & Barmouth District Hospital
- T.H.Roberts, Ironmonger
- Neuadd Idris
- Dolgellau Primary School
- Plas Gwyn
- Gazebo or Music room at Dolrhyd
- Llwyn
- Bryn-y-Gwin
- Telephone Call-box
- Bryn-y-Gwin Uchaf
- Dolgun Isaf Farmhouse
- Dolgun Uchaf
- Byre at Dolgun Uchaf
- Garth Maelan
- Tan-y-Fynwent
- Salem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
- Salem House
- Capel Tabernacl
- Parish Church of St Mary
- Central Buildings
- The Cross Foxes Inn
- Pen-y-Bryn Tollhouse
- Schoolroom at Salem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
- Churchyard Gates & Railings to St Marys Parish
- Hen Efail
- London House
- Midland Bank
- J.V.Morgan & Son
- Eric Edwards, Architect
and 19 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Garth-Maelan-Bach, EnclosureCoflein record
- Vickers Wellington Ic Hx433, Below Mynydd MoelCoflein record
- Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, MeyrickCoflein record
- Dolgellau TanneryCoflein record
- Dolgelley Union Workhouse, DolgellauCoflein record
- Dolgellau BridgeCoflein record
- Cairn, N. of Craig-y-CastellCoflein record
- Cairn, W, of Waen FechanCoflein record
- Cairn, Coed CrossCoflein record
- Llyn GafrCoflein record
- Tal-y-Waun, Round CairnCoflein record
- Llyn GwernanCoflein record
- Cefn Clawdd, DitchCoflein record
- Llyn Gafr WCoflein record
- Afon ArranCoflein record
- Llyn ArranCoflein record
- Trial Mine, Cadair Idris NCoflein record
- Possible Earthwork, Beudy-Dol-GunCoflein record
- Llyn Gwernan Anti-Invasion defencesCoflein record
- Gorsedd Circle, DolgellauCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Cymer Abbey3.4 km north
- Craig yr Aderyn12.8 km south-west
- Dyfi Bridge14.4 km south
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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.