LiDAR map of Nacton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Nacton, a parish in Suffolk, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 36 recorded places here: 16 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 9 listed buildings, 7 scheduled monuments, 4 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 9 m and 33 m above sea level; its highest point is about 41 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 7 barrows or cairns.
Nacton 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 Nacton, 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 Nacton. 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 Nacton. 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 16 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Nacton 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 (16 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
- Suffolk, England
- Area
- 7.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 36
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 9–33 m above sea level; highest 41 m
- ONS code
- E04009438
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Bowl barrow in Hobbin's Belt, 850m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt, 900m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows in Hobbin's Belt, 820m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Hobbin's Belt, 740m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows in Knight's Wood, 460m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Six bowl barrows in Knight's Wood, 500m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow at Seven Hills Cottages, 720m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Broke Hall
- Orwell Park School and Observatory
- Church of St Martin of Tours
- Nacton War Memorial
- Alnesbourne Priory Country Club
- Water Tower
- Gateway, Balustrading and Steps Over Ha Ha
- Clock Tower
- Orangery
Other recorded places
- Amberfield SchoolWikidata place
- Bridge WoodWikidata place
- Alnesbourne PrioryWikidata place
- NactonWikidata place
- HOUSE\HUT CIRCLE\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROW\ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)Aerial survey feature
- DEER PARK\DITCH\PARKAerial survey feature
- LINEAR FEATURE\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- RING DITCHAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMPAerial survey feature
- RING DITCHAerial survey feature
- DEER PARK\DITCH\PARKAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTER\MOUND\TRENCHAerial survey feature
- RING DITCHAerial survey feature
- RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- FIELD BOUNDARY\LINEAR FEATURE\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Interrupted ditch system at Potash Farm4.7 km south-west
- Ipswich Blackfriars5.9 km north-west
- Gateway to Wolsey's College of St Mary6.0 km north-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: 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.