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LiDAR map of Danby
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Danby, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 119 recorded places here: 65 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 27 scheduled monuments, 19 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 137 m and 352 m above sea level; its highest point is about 433 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 23 barrows or cairns, 2 castles, 1 cross and 1 settlement.
Danby 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 Danby, 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 Danby. 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 Danby. 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 65 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Danby 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 (65 features in the parish) and the 119 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
- North Yorkshire, England
- Area
- 47.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 119
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 137–352 m above sea level; highest 433 m
- ONS code
- E04007666
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Castleton castle moundScheduled monument
- Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High MoorScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Haw Rigg 550m south east of Job CrossScheduled monument
- Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon FarmScheduled monument
- Northern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 680m north east of Rock HouseScheduled monument
- Pike Howe round barrow on the southern end of Three Howes RiggScheduled monument
- Two round barrows on the summit of Haw Rigg, 370m south east of Job CrossScheduled monument
- Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock HouseScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck FarmScheduled monument
- Oval barrow on Elm Ledge, 900m north of Clither Beck FarmScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 310m south east of White CrossScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White CrossScheduled monument
- Two round barrows on Three Howes Rigg, 560m SSE of White CrossScheduled monument
- One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck SwangScheduled monument
- One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m north east of Black Beck SwangScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Siss Cross Hill, 750m north west of Black Beck SwangScheduled monument
- Round barrow on the summit of Siss Cross HillScheduled monument
- Bronze Age enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows on the summit of Siss Cross HillScheduled monument
- Danby Rigg cairnfields, cross dykes, funerary monuments and associated featuresScheduled monument
- Cairnfield and ring cairn on Danby Rigg, 330m south west of Danby CastleScheduled monument
- Cairnfield on The Howe, Danby Low Moor, 330m north west of Howe FarmScheduled monument
- Defended prehistoric settlement site, 280m north east of Box HallScheduled monument
- Round barrow 590m north west of Box HallScheduled monument
- Round barrow 570m north west of Box HallScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White CrossScheduled monument
- One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts and adjacent enclosed Bronze Age urnfield, 530m north east of Black Beck SwangScheduled monument
- White Cross wayside cross at the junction of the roads to Castleton and CommondaleScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Danby Castle
- Duck Bridge
- Church of St Michael and St George
- Church of St Hilda
- Fryup Hall
- Prudom headstone and stone to north, 0.5 metres
- Churchyard Cross
- Mackwood Headstone at North-east Corner of Nave
- Downe Arms Hotel
- Danby Mill
- County Primary School
- Danby Post Office
- Danby School and Masters House
- Agar Tomb
- Boundary Stones on Border with Westerdale Counry
- Clapper Bridge carrying Ashfield Road/Wandels
- Boundary Stones on Border with Westdale County
- Boundary Stone
- Boundary Stone at Corner of Boundary
Other recorded places
- Danby railway stationWikidata place
- Castleton Moor railway stationWikidata place
- ClevelandWikidata place
- DanbyWikidata place
- AinthorpeWikidata place
- FryupWikidata place
- BottonWikidata place
- Castleton War Memorial, North YorkshireWikidata place
- CASTLEAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CROSS DYKEAerial survey feature
- CROSS DYKEAerial survey feature
- STANDING STONEAerial survey feature
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERYAerial survey feature
- MILITARY BUILDINGAerial survey feature
- ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITEAerial survey feature
- SANDSTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Danby Castle1.2 km north-east
- Duck Bridge1.8 km north-east
- Beggar's Bridge7.8 km 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.