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LiDAR map of Banwell
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Banwell, a parish in Somerset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 36 recorded places here: 17 listed buildings, 11 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 5 scheduled monuments, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 5 m and 44 m above sea level; its highest point is about 120 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 Roman sites and 1 henge or standing stone.
Banwell 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 Banwell, 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 Banwell. 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 Banwell. 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 11 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Banwell 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 (11 features in the parish) 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
- Somerset, England
- Area
- 17.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 36
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 5–44 m above sea level; highest 120 m
- ONS code
- E04012100
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Banwell CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Standing stone 150m south-east of Yarberry FarmScheduled monument
- A Roman Camp in Banwell WoodsScheduled monument
- Roman settlement and associated industrial remains and field system north-east of Winthill FarmScheduled monument
- Romano-British villa, BanwellScheduled monument
- Deserted medieval farmstead 420m south of Gout House FarmScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Andrew
- West garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle
- Terrace and dairy at Banwell Castle
- Banwell Castle, terraces and courtyard walls
- Gatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell
- Banwell Monument
- Bone Cave Entrance
- Banwell Abbey the Cloisters
- Coach house at Banwell Castle
- Bennet Pedestal Tomb
- Old Bell Inn
- Mill House
- Shepard Chest Tomb
- Temperance Hall
- Former Ship Inn
- Burge Pedestal Tomb
- Parish Pump
Other recorded places
- Banwell CastleWikidata place
- Banwell Ochre CavesWikidata place
- AIR RAID SHELTERAerial survey feature
- MILITARY BUILDING\TRAINING CENTREAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTERAerial survey feature
- CAR PARKAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORMAerial survey feature
- FOLLY\SUMMERHOUSEAerial survey feature
- EXTRACTIVE PIT\LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORM\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROW\TREE MOUNDAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\HILLFORTAerial survey feature
- HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERYAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Banwell Camp2.1 km south-east
- Picken's Hole5.3 km south
- Dolebury Warren6.0 km 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.
- © 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.