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LiDAR map of Solva
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Solva (Solfach), a community in Pembrokeshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 42 recorded places here: 22 Coflein records, 8 listed buildings, 6 scheduled monuments, 3 Atlas of Hillforts entries, 3 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 44 m and 86 m above sea level; its highest point is about 108 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 hillfort, 1 henge or standing stone, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 industrial site.
Solva 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Solva, 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 Solva. 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
See Solva 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 and the 42 recorded places in the community, 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
- Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Area
- 15.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 42
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 44–86 m above sea level; highest 108 m
- ONS code
- W04000474
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Promontory Fort S of Solva HarbourScheduled monument
- y-Castell, Henre Ruffydd, SolvaAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Tre-Maen Hir Standing StonesScheduled monument
- Burial ChamberScheduled monument
- Porth y Bwch Defended EnclosureScheduled monument
- Porth-y-Rhaw CampScheduled monument
- SolvaAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Gribin Ridge Fort, SolvaAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Lime KilnsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Solva Bridge
- Middle Mill Bridge
- Church of St David
- Church of St Aidan
- Paran Chapel
- Capel Bach
- War Memorial
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel
Other recorded places
- Old Lifeboat Station, SolvaCoflein record
- Solva Lime Kiln 5Coflein record
- Ffynnon Dewi;Ffynnonddewi, SolvaCoflein record
- St Elvis Promontory FortCoflein record
- Gorsedd Circle, St Davids AirfieldCoflein record
- Llanunger-Fach, Possible site of Stone NnwCoflein record
- Dinas FawrCoflein record
- RAF St DavidsWikidata place
- Blast Shelter, Porth y Rhaw Military CampCoflein record
- St Elvis Promontory FortCoflein record
- St Teilo's Church, Solva; St Elvis's Church, SolvaCoflein record
- Ffynnon Dogfael, SolvaCoflein record
- Caerforiog, site of ChapelCoflein record
- Dinas Fawr Solva Silver MineCoflein record
- St Davids Airfield, SolvaCoflein record
- Porth y Rhaw Military Camp, near SolvaCoflein record
- Site of Possible Military Camp, Llanunwas, SolvaCoflein record
- Pembrokeshire Coast PathWikidata place
- Llanunwas, Garden, SolvaCoflein record
- Caerforiog Mill, LeatCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Solva limekilns1.1 km south-west
- St Non's Chapel6.0 km west
- St Davids Bishop's Palace6.1 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.