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LiDAR map of Saxton with Scarthingwell
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Saxton with Scarthingwell, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 17 recorded places here: 7 listed buildings, 4 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 9 m and 51 m above sea level; its highest point is about 67 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 enclosure or other earthwork, 1 motte or ringwork, 1 cross and 1 church or chapel.
Saxton with Scarthingwell 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 Saxton with Scarthingwell, 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 Saxton with Scarthingwell. 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 Saxton with Scarthingwell. 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 3 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
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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 (3 features in the parish) and the 17 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
- 11.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 17
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 9–51 m above sea level; highest 67 m
- ONS code
- E04007764
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Linear earthworks known as Woodhouse Moor Rein and South Dyke, part of the Aberford Dyke systemScheduled monument
- Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpondScheduled monument
- Lord Dacre's Cross or Towton Cross on the west side of the B1217, 1km south west of TowtonScheduled monument
- Medieval manorial complex, garden and water management features, St Mary's chapel, and a linear earthwork forming part of the Aberford Dyke systemScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of All Saints
- The Church of the Immaculate Conception St John
- Cross Shaft at All Saints Churchyard
- Lord Dacre's Tomb
- Milestone Approimately
- Village Cross at Junction with Headwell Lane
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Battle of TowtonWikidata place
- Saxton with ScarthingwellWikidata place
- SaxtonWikidata place
- DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Dacre's Cross1.6 km north
- Barwick-in-Elmet Castle8.5 km west
- Cawood Castle8.9 km east
Neighbouring parishes
- Sherburn in Elmet
- Church Fenton
- Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
- Barkston Ash
- Lotherton cum Aberford
- Lead
- Towton
- Aberford
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.