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LiDAR map of Ringwould with Kingsdown
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Ringwould with Kingsdown, a parish in Kent, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 23 recorded places here: 12 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 listed buildings, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 24 m and 66 m above sea level; its highest point is about 76 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 barrow or cairn.
Ringwould with Kingsdown 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 Ringwould with Kingsdown, 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 Ringwould with Kingsdown. 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 Ringwould with Kingsdown. 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 12 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
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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 (12 features in the parish) and the 23 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
- Kent, England
- Area
- 6.3 km²
- Recorded places
- 23
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 24–66 m above sea level; highest 76 m
- ONS code
- E04004915
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Two bowl barrows on Free Down, 550m south of Hill FarmScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St Nicholas
- Row of 4 Headstones
- Headstone
- Two Headstones
- Headstone to Mary and John Clayson
- Chest Tomb and Vault and Headstone
- Group of 7 Headstones to Taylor Family
- Chest Tomb
Nearest places with their own page
- Walmer Castle2.3 km north-east
- Deal Castle4.2 km north
- Sandown Castle6.3 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.