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LiDAR map of Matfen
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Matfen, a parish in Northumberland, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 34 recorded places here: 15 listed buildings, 7 scheduled monuments, 7 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 3 ancient places (Pleiades), 2 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 129 m and 216 m above sea level; its highest point is about 259 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 henges and standing stones, 2 barrows or cairns, 1 settlement and 1 enclosure or other earthwork.
Matfen 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 Matfen, 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 Matfen. 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 Matfen. 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 Matfen 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 34 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
- 42.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 34
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 129–216 m above sea level; highest 259 m
- ONS code
- E04010828
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone FarmScheduled monument
- Unenclosed hut circle settlement, 180m north east of Sandyway HeadsScheduled monument
- Standing stone with cup markings, 230m south of Sandyway HeadsScheduled monument
- Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway HeadsScheduled monument
- Round cairn, 250m south east of Low HallScheduled monument
- Beacon and enclosure, 175m east of MootlawScheduled monument
- East Matfen medieval village and open field systemScheduled monument
- Milecastle 18 (East Wallhouses)Ancient place (Pleiades)
- Turret 18B (Wallhouses West)Ancient place (Pleiades)
- Turret 18A (Wallhouses East)Ancient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Matfen Hall
- Fenwick Tower
- Matfen War Memorial
- South Hall
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of All Saints
- The Old Chapel
- Churchyard Wall Approx 20 Yards
- Bell, Aynsley, Stockdale and Wilkinson Headstones
- Limekiln Approx 440 Yards
- High House Farm Brewery
- Dixon, Robson and 2 Other Headstones Approx 10
- Bridge at West End of Village Green
- Bridge Over River Pont Approx 300 Yards South
- Bridge Approx 200 Yards North
Other recorded places
- Milecastle 18Wikidata place
- RyalWikidata place
- BELL PITAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- MILL PONDAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Hunnum5.7 km south-west
- Aydon Castle7.3 km south-west
- Coria9.5 km south-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.