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LiDAR map of Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 2 recorded places here: 1 listed building, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 42 m and 56 m above sea level; its highest point is about 62 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 medieval settlement.
Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton 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 Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton, 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 Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton. 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 Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton. 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 Little Smeaton, near Great Smeaton 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 2 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
- 4.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 2
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 42–56 m above sea level; highest 62 m
- ONS code
- E04007221
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Little Smeaton medieval village and rabbit warrens, immediately south east of Westhorpe HallScheduled monument
Listed buildings
Nearest places with their own page
- Harlsey Castle8.0 km south-east
- Mount Grace Priory10.7 km south-east
- Yarm Bridge12.0 km north-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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.