LiDAR map of Maescar
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Maescar (Maes-car), a community in Powys, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 123 recorded places here: 80 Coflein records, 15 listed buildings, 15 scheduled monuments, 12 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 239 m and 476 m above sea level; its highest point is about 663 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 7 barrows or cairns, 1 bridge, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 Roman site.
Maescar 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 Maescar, 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 Maescar. 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 Maescar 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 123 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
- Powys, Wales
- Area
- 99.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 123
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 239–476 m above sea level; highest 663 m
- ONS code
- W04000327
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Maen Llia StoneScheduled monument
- Castell-Du, SennybridgeScheduled monument
- Nant Mawr Round CairnScheduled monument
- Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-FelinScheduled monument
- Garn Wen Round CairnScheduled monument
- Round Cairn S of Bryn MelinScheduled monument
- Round Barrow SW of Maen LliaScheduled monument
- Round Cairn SE of Maen LliaScheduled monument
- Round Barrow SE of Llyn Nant-LlysScheduled monument
- Enclosure 500m W of Dixies CornerScheduled monument
- Hirllwyn CampScheduled monument
- Clawdd BritishScheduled monument
- Roman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, south-western sectionScheduled monument
- Nant y Gaseg long hutScheduled monument
- Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural SettlementScheduled monument
- Maen LliaAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of Saint Cynog
- Felin Senni
- Castle House
- Castle Du Cottage
- Llwyncyntefin
- Aberllech
- Bilidu Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
- Sion Baptist Chapel
- Brychgoed Independent Chapel
- The former Drug Stores
- Milestone E of Sennybridge
- Milestone outside Milestone Cottage
- Pont Llwyncyntefin
- Pont Parc Bach
- Pont Parc Bach
Other recorded places
- Llech Llia, Recumbent MonolithCoflein record
- Sennybridge Camp: SentaCoflein record
- Coed Gibraltar, Promontory FortCoflein record
- Devynock and Sennybridge Railway Station, NeathCoflein record
- Siloh Chapel, Llandeilo'r FanCoflein record
- Felin Uchaf, Llandeilo'FanCoflein record
- Traeth Mawr, Stone ICoflein record
- Tyle Bychan, StoneCoflein record
- Nant Mawr Round Cairn 2Coflein record
- Fan Nedd, Round Cairn 2Coflein record
- Fan Nedd, CairnCoflein record
- Coal Yard, SennybridgeCoflein record
- Nant y Gwair LonghutCoflein record
- Cwm Dringarth Longhut 1Coflein record
- Nant y Gaseg Longhut 1Coflein record
- Nant y Gaseg, Longhut 2Coflein record
- Llia Valley, Long HutCoflein record
- Maen Ar DwllCoflein record
- Llwyncadwgan Roman Practice CampCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Castell Du7.3 km south
- Aberyscir Castle11.0 km south-east
- Y Gaer Roman Fort11.2 km south-east
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.