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LiDAR map of Whorlton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Whorlton, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 52 recorded places here: 25 scheduled monuments, 19 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 6 listed buildings, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 Wikidata place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 77 m and 343 m above sea level; its highest point is about 407 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 25 barrows or cairns.
Whorlton 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 Whorlton, 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 Whorlton. 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 Whorlton. 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 19 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Whorlton 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 (19 features in the parish) and the 52 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
- 27.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 52
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 77–343 m above sea level; highest 407 m
- ONS code
- E04007297
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Knolls End Promontory FortAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Round barrow at White Stone CragScheduled monument
- Pin Howe round barrowScheduled monument
- Round barrow 550m south west of Pin HoweScheduled monument
- Round barrow 100m west of Pin HoweScheduled monument
- Round barrow 200m north west of Scarth NickScheduled monument
- Round barrow 250m west of Scarth NickScheduled monument
- Two round barrows on Scarth Wood MoorScheduled monument
- Round barrow 450m south east of Coploaf GateScheduled monument
- Round barrow 360m north west of Red Way HeadScheduled monument
- Round barrow 250m west of Red Way HeadScheduled monument
- Round barrow 320m south west of Pin HoweScheduled monument
- Two round barrows 275m south of Scarth WoodScheduled monument
- Round barrow 120m north of Snotterdale PlantationScheduled monument
- Round barrow 110m south west of Round HillScheduled monument
- Hut circle and adjacent clearance cairn 100m north west of Round HillScheduled monument
- Round barrow 100m NNW of Round HillScheduled monument
- Round barrow 500m west of Red Way HeadScheduled monument
- Round barrow 350m north west of Red Way HeadScheduled monument
- Round barrow 460m ESE of Coploaf GateScheduled monument
- Round barrow 400m south east of Faceby PlantationScheduled monument
- Round barrow 200m south west of Copperty KeldScheduled monument
- Round barrow 50m north of Snotterdale PlantationScheduled monument
- Round barrow at northern edge of Snotterdale PlantationScheduled monument
- Round barrow 70m north of Snotterdale PlantationScheduled monument
- Two round barrows 300m SSW of Gold HillScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Whorlton Castle Gatehouse
- Ruins of Whorlton Castle Undercrofts
- Old Church of Holy Rood
- Church of Holy Cross
- Old Limekiln
- Middle Bridge
Other recorded places
- WhorltonWikidata place
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- SANDSTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Whorlton Castle2.0 km north-west
- Mount Grace Priory5.0 km south-west
- Harlsey Castle8.3 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.