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LiDAR map of Pontesbury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Pontesbury, a parish in Shropshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 36 recorded places here: 21 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 scheduled monuments, 2 Atlas of Hillforts entries. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 88 m and 190 m above sea level; its highest point is about 319 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 Roman sites and 1 motte or ringwork.
Pontesbury 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 Pontesbury, 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 Pontesbury. 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 Pontesbury. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Pontesbury 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 and the 36 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
- Shropshire, England
- Area
- 36.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 36
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 88–190 m above sea level; highest 319 m
- ONS code
- E04011341
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Earl's HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Pontesford Hill CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Roman villa at CrucktonScheduled monument
- Ringwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's ChurchScheduled monument
- Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea HallScheduled monument
- The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills FarmScheduled monument
- Nag's Head engine house, 230m north of Home FarmScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Cruckmeole Old Hall
- Church of St George
- Habberley Hall
- Arscott Hall
- Cruckton Hall
- Asterley Hall
- Boycott Hall Farmhouse
- Brookgate Farmhouse
- Church of St Mary
- Mill House
- France Memorial and Railed Enclosure
- The Old Malthouse
- Church of St Anne
- Plealey Methodist Church
- Asterley Methodist Chapel
- Congregational Church
- Nichols Memorial
- Harrison Memorial
- Heighway Memorial
- The Plough Inn and Garage
- Sundial
Other recorded places
- Pontesbury railway stationWikidata place
- Plealey Road railway stationWikidata place
- Minsterley branch lineWikidata place
- ArscottWikidata place
- CrucktonWikidata place
- ShorthillWikidata place
- MalehurstWikidata place
- PontesburyWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Caus Castle7.0 km west
- Alberbury Castle9.0 km north-west
- Castle Bank9.4 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: 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.