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LiDAR map of Compton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Compton, a parish in West Sussex, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 31 recorded places here: 15 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 6 listed buildings, 6 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 73 m and 143 m above sea level; its highest point is about 175 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 4 barrows or cairns, 1 long barrow or chambered tomb and 1 Roman site.
Compton 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 Compton, 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 Compton. 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 Compton. 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 15 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Compton 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 (15 features in the parish) and the 31 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
- West Sussex, England
- Area
- 17.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 31
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 73–143 m above sea level; highest 175 m
- ONS code
- E04009891
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Two round barrows in Grevitts CopseScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Edgar PlantationScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates LodgeScheduled monument
- Bevis's Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds FarmScheduled monument
- Oval barrow 700m SSE of Locksash FarmScheduled monument
- Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up MardenScheduled monument
- West MardenAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of St Michael
- The Parish Church of St Mary
- The Victoria Inn
- The Coach and Horses Public House
- Compton Village Stores the Square
- Locksash
Other recorded places
- Compton DownWikidata place
- Pads WoodWikidata place
- Up MardenWikidata place
- DESERTED SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITEAerial survey feature
- FORMAL GARDENAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROW\SPOIL HEAPAerial survey feature
- FLINT MINEAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- OVAL BARROWAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- LONG BARROWAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Vandalian Tower4.1 km north
- Harting Beacon5.1 km north-east
- Goosehill Camp5.5 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.