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LiDAR map of Westerdale
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Westerdale, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 39 recorded places here: 15 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 12 listed buildings, 9 scheduled monuments, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 186 m and 402 m above sea level; its highest point is about 434 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 4 barrows or cairns, 2 castles, 1 monastic site and 1 field system.
Westerdale 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 Westerdale, 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 Westerdale. 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 Westerdale. 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 15 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Westerdale 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 (15 features in the parish) and the 39 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
- 40.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 39
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 186–402 m above sea level; highest 434 m
- ONS code
- E04007705
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Round HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Cairnfield and round barrow cemetery 150m north of Carr HouseScheduled monument
- Wayside cross known as Baysdale Cross on Middle Head Intake 1000m south west of Baysdale AbbeyScheduled monument
- Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross baseScheduled monument
- Gallow Howe cairnfield, 270m east of Ivy HallScheduled monument
- High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton RiggScheduled monument
- Northern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg, 600m north west of Stormy HallScheduled monument
- Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White CrossScheduled monument
- Crown End prehistoric settlements, field systems and associated featuresScheduled monument
- Hunter's Sty BridgeScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Baysdale Abbey
- Baysdale Abbey Bridge
- Young Ralph Cross
- Old Ralph Cross
- Westerdale Hall
- Guidestone 110 Yards North
- Bee House
- Bulmers Monument in Garden of Town Head
- Christ Church
- Boundary Stone on Border with Westerdale County
- Boundary stones on border with Westerdale Civil
- Boundary Stone on Border with Westerdale County
Other recorded places
- Westerdale PreceptoryWikidata place
- WesterdaleWikidata place
- MULTIVALLATE HILLFORTAerial survey feature
- SANDSTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- SANDSTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- SHAFT MOUNDAerial survey feature
- SHAFTAerial survey feature
- ADITAerial survey feature
- SHAFTAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- CROSS DYKEAerial survey feature
- CROSS DYKEAerial survey feature
- BURIAL CAIRNAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Danby Castle7.5 km north-east
- Duck Bridge8.0 km north-east
- Beggar's Bridge13.6 km east
Neighbouring parishes
- Farndale East
- Farndale West
- Bransdale
- Ingleby Greenhow
- Kildale
- Commondale
- Rosedale West Side
- Rosedale East Side
- Danby
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.