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LiDAR map of Briercliffe
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Briercliffe, a parish in Lancashire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 23 recorded places here: 10 scheduled monuments, 7 listed buildings, 5 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 193 m and 393 m above sea level; its highest point is about 453 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 6 barrows or cairns, 2 Roman sites, 1 henge or standing stone and 1 settlement.
Briercliffe 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 Briercliffe, 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 Briercliffe. 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 Briercliffe. 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 Briercliffe 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 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
- Lancashire, England
- Area
- 16.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 23
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 193–393 m above sea level; highest 453 m
- ONS code
- E04005131
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Catlow BottomsAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Small stone circle on Delf HillScheduled monument
- Pike Low bowl barrow and site of beacon, Bonfire HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist CastleScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 155m east of Beadle HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 140m east of Beadle HillScheduled monument
- Saucer barrow 90m east of Ell CloughScheduled monument
- Ring cairn 25m east of Ell CloughScheduled monument
- Beadle Hill Romano-British farmsteadScheduled monument
- Burwains Camp prehistoric defended settlement west of Broad Bank HillScheduled monument
- Twist Castle Romano-British farmsteadScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Queen Street Mill
- Extwistle Hall
- Nogworth Cross
- King's Mill
- Burwains
- Church of St James
- Doorway of Former New House
Other recorded places
- Harle Syke MillWikidata place
- River DonWikidata place
- HaggateWikidata place
- BriercliffeWikidata place
- Briercliffe War MemorialWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Castercliff3.7 km north
- Wycoller Hall6.0 km north-east
- Portfield hillfort14.7 km west
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.