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LiDAR map of Belsay
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Belsay, a parish in Northumberland, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 96 recorded places here: 46 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 31 listed buildings, 8 scheduled monuments, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 4 Atlas of Hillforts entries. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 101 m and 172 m above sea level; its highest point is about 205 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 4 barrows or cairns, 1 henge or standing stone, 1 hillfort and 1 cross.
Belsay 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 Belsay, 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 Belsay. 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 Belsay. 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 46 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Belsay 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 (46 features in the parish) and the 96 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
- Northumberland, England
- Area
- 46.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 96
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 101–172 m above sea level; highest 205 m
- ONS code
- E04010743
Places with their own page
- /places/standing-stone-and-adjacent-round-cairn-760m-north-east-of-east-shaftoe-hall/
- /places/huckhoe-palisaded-enclosure-defended-settlement-and-romano-british-settlement-550m-north-east-of-bolam-west-houses/
- /places/defended-settlement-on-slate-hill-300m-north-west-of-bolam-lake/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Belsay HallRegistered park or garden
- Slate HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Bolam HouseAtlas of Hillforts entry
- HuckhoeAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Bantam HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Standing stone and adjacent round cairn, 760m north east of East Shaftoe HallScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow, 200m ENE of ShortflattScheduled monument
- Round cairn, 400m SSW of Bolam churchScheduled monument
- Standing stone on Bygate Hill, 660m north west of Bygate FarmScheduled monument
- Round cairn 680m north east of Bygate FarmScheduled monument
- Belsay tower house and attached unfortified wing, deserted medieval village, possible moated site, promontory fort and watch postScheduled monument
- Medieval wayside cross, 190m east of Belsay TowerScheduled monument
- Middle Newham deserted villageScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Belsay Castle
- West Bitchfield
- Belsay Hall
- Shortflatt Tower
- Church of St Andrew
- Harnham Hall
- Walled Garden Attached
- Steps and Terrace Wall Approx 5 Yards
- Tomb of Katherine Babington, Wall and Statues
- Bantam Folly, Approx 200 Yards
- Remains of Cross Approx 15 Yards
- Gateway and Churchyard Wall
- Cook, Hepple, Steel, Renwick and Crow Headstones
- Restaurant to Rear of the Highlander Public House
- Terrace Wall Approx 30 Yards
- Cascade at East End of Belsay Lake, Approx 270
- Belsay County First School
- The Arcade
- Bowman and Morgan Headstones Approx 20 Yds
- Anderson, Colley and 2 Other Headstones Approx
- Snowball Headstone Approx 10 Yards
- The Highlander Public House
- The Arcade
- The Arcade
- Robson Headstone Approx 15 Yards
- Bridge Approx 440 Yards
- Bridge and Gateway Approx 750 Yards
- Bridge Approx 600 Yards West-north
- Bridge Approx 440 Yds North
- Bridge Approx 350 Yards
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Blackheddon FarmhouseWikidata place
- Bolam Lake Country ParkWikidata place
- Black HeddonWikidata place
- Bolam West HousesWikidata place
- BelsayWikidata place
- BolamWikidata place
- SHAFT MOUNDAerial survey feature
- SHAFT MOUNDAerial survey feature
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- SHAFT MOUNDAerial survey feature
- SHAFT MOUNDAerial survey feature
- MINERAL RAILWAYAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- PROMONTARY FORTAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- SANDSTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- SANDSTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Defended settlement on Slate Hill3.4 km north
- Standing stone and adjacent round cairn3.8 km north-west
- Huckhoe palisaded enclosure4.2 km north
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.