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LiDAR map of Town
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Town (Y Dref), a community in Merthyr Tydfil, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 178 recorded places here: 170 Coflein records, 7 listed buildings, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 188 m and 410 m above sea level; its highest point is about 476 m.
Town 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 Town, 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 Town. 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 Town 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 178 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
- Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- Area
- 7.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 178
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 188–410 m above sea level; highest 476 m
- ONS code
- W04000721
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)Scheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Town Hall
- St Tydfil's Hospital: Entrance Block
- Merthyr Christian Centre
- Flooks
- Former Wesley Methodist Church
- Zion Chapel
- Schoolroom at Zion Chapel
Other recorded places
- Merthyr Tydfil Pillar StoneCoflein record
- Union Street, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Merthyr Tydfil Boer War MemorialCoflein record
- Cwm-Bargoed Pits: Air ShaftCoflein record
- Cwm Bargoed, Military HutsCoflein record
- Crown Inn;28 High Street, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Merthyr Tydfil Miners HallCoflein record
- Theatre Royal Cinema, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Cwm Bargoed StationCoflein record
- High Street Ironwork Canopy, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Plymouth IronworksCoflein record
- Cwm-Bargoed Pits, SmithyCoflein record
- Iron Bridge over River Taff, Ynysgau, MerthyrCoflein record
- Lloyds Bank, 69 High Street, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Merthyr MillCoflein record
- Merthyr Bridge, Ynysgau, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Bridge over River Taff, Ynysgau, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Merthyr Railway Station WarehouseCoflein record
- The Belle Vue, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Temperance Hall Cinema, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Pont-y-Cafnau2.5 km north-west
- Morlais Castle3.9 km north
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown6.5 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: 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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.