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LiDAR map of Ilam
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Ilam, a parish in Staffordshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 28 recorded places here: 17 scheduled monuments, 8 listed buildings, 3 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 151 m and 308 m above sea level; its highest point is about 337 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 16 barrows or cairns and 1 cross.
Ilam 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 Ilam, 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 Ilam. 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 Ilam. 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 Ilam 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 28 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
- Staffordshire, England
- Area
- 7.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 28
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 151–308 m above sea level; highest 337 m
- ONS code
- E04009047
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Bowl barrow 180m south-east of the Izaak Walton HotelScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow east of Bunster HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 120m north-east of Bincliff MinesScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 70m north-east of Bincliff MinesScheduled monument
- Ilamtops Low bowl barrowScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 540m north-east of BeechenhillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 810m north-west of Rushley BridgeScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 420m north of BeechenhillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 380m north-west of BeechenhillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 400m north-west of BeechenhillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow near Highfields Mine, south-west of StanshopeScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 400m west of DamgateScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 350m south-east of Highfields MineScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 400m north of DamgateScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 450m north of DamgateScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 260m north of DamgateScheduled monument
- Anglo-Scandinavian cross, 240m south west of Ilam HallScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of the Holy Cross
- Cross Shaft
- Cross Shaft
- Ilam Hall and Gardeners Cottage
- Castern Hall
- Mrs Watts-russell Memorial
- Tower Aproximately 20 Yards
- Rushley Bridge
Other recorded places
- Castern WoodWikidata place
- River ManifoldWikidata place
- White Peak EstateWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Long Low2.0 km north-west
- Throwley Old Hall2.2 km west
- Minninglow9.2 km north-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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.