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LiDAR map of Lythe
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Lythe, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 33 recorded places here: 10 listed buildings, 9 scheduled monuments, 7 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 5 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 registered park or garden. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 38 m and 152 m above sea level; its highest point is about 196 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 barrows or cairns, 2 industrial sites, 1 motte or ringwork and 1 Roman site.
Lythe 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 Lythe, 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 Lythe. 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 Lythe. 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 7 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Lythe 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 (7 features in the parish) and the 33 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
- 10.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 33
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 38–152 m above sea level; highest 196 m
- ONS code
- E04007688
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Sandsend alum houseScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Cow Hill, 410m south west of Scratch AlleyScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Brockrigg, 400m east of Brockrigg FarmScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Whinny Hill, 270m south west of High FarmScheduled monument
- Mulgrave CastleRegistered park or garden
- Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave CastleScheduled monument
- Roman signal station at Goldsborough, 130m south east of Scratch AlleyScheduled monument
- Alum quarries and works 800m north of Sandsend BridgeScheduled monument
- Alum works at KettlenessScheduled monument
- Ash Holm alum works, 350m south east of Mulgrave CastleScheduled monument
- Goldsborough Roman Signal StationAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of St Oswald
- Old Mulgrave Castle
- Mulgrave Castle and Screen Walls to North
- Lime Kiln
- Lythe Hall
- Stable Building
- Roman Cement Mill and Mill House
- The Fox and Hounds Public House
- Village Hall
- Lythe War Memorial
Other recorded places
- Sandsend TunnelWikidata place
- Sandsend NessWikidata place
- Kettleness railway stationWikidata place
- KettlenessWikidata place
- LytheWikidata place
- CASTLEAerial survey feature
- SIGNAL STATIONAerial survey feature
- ALUM WORKSAerial survey feature
- ALUM QUARRYAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMPAerial survey feature
- PILLBOXAerial survey feature
- TANK TRAPAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Whitby Abbey6.0 km east
- Beggar's Bridge9.7 km south-west
- Duck Bridge13.6 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.