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LiDAR map of Braughing
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Braughing, a parish in Hertfordshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 35 recorded places here: 26 listed buildings, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 Atlas of Hillforts entries, 2 lost settlements, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 79 m and 122 m above sea level; its highest point is about 131 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 Roman site.
Braughing 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 Braughing, 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 Braughing. 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 Braughing. 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 Braughing 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 35 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
- Hertfordshire, England
- Area
- 17.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 35
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 79–122 m above sea level; highest 131 m
- ONS code
- E04004722
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Gatesbury Wood, BraughingAtlas of Hillforts entry
- BraughingAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Roman site near railway stationScheduled monument
- BraughingAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- The Old Rose and Crown
- The Brown Bear Public House
- Upp Hall
- Braughing Bury
- The Gatehouse
- Ships Timbers
- Tombchest in St Mary's Churchyard
- Wren Monument in St Mary's Churchyard
- Dassels Bury
- Braughing Chapel
- Pump House
- The Axe and Compasses Public House
- Old Forge
- Adam and Eve Public House
- The Cat and Fiddle
- The Golden Fleece Public House
- Bird in Hand
- Post Office
- Paltock Monument in St Mary's Churchyard
- Mill Bridge, and Sluice at Gatesbury
- Bridge Over River Quin
- Milestone in Hamels Park
- Ford Bridge
- Village Pump
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Braughing railway stationWikidata place
- Bozen GreenWikidata place
- BraughingWikidata place
- Bordesden (Bozen Green)Lost settlement
- CockhamstedLost settlement
Nearest places with their own page
- Braughing Roman Town1.8 km south
- Anstey Castle7.5 km north
- Waytemore Castle10.4 km south-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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.