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LiDAR map of Idmiston
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Idmiston, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 61 recorded places here: 21 scheduled monuments, 21 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 11 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 78 m and 123 m above sea level; its highest point is about 158 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 19 barrows or cairns, 1 long barrow or chambered tomb and 1 deserted village.
Idmiston 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 Idmiston, 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 Idmiston. 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 Idmiston. 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 21 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Idmiston 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 (21 features in the parish) and the 61 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
- Wiltshire, England
- Area
- 22.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 61
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 78–123 m above sea level; highest 158 m
- ONS code
- E04011741
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Horse BarrowScheduled monument
- Round barrow E of Downbarn WestScheduled monument
- Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston DownScheduled monument
- Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 370m east of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 450m ENE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston DownScheduled monument
- Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation pointScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation pointScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 680m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 530m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 535m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 265m south of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: part of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 260m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston DownScheduled monument
- Bronze Age enclosure and two bowl barrows 520m north east of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston DownScheduled monument
- Two disc barrows and two bowl barrows 900m north of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston DownScheduled monument
- Gomeldon deserted villageScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of All Saints
- Idmiston Manor
- Old Rectory
- Yats Headstone in Churchyard
- Building 106, Chemical Defence Establishment
- Two Bowle Monuments in Churchyard
- Church of St Nicholas
- Gilbert Monument in Churchyard
- Barnes Monument in Churchyard, 8.
- Bridge at Hale Farm
- Windmill
Other recorded places
- MoD Boscombe DownWikidata place
- Empire Test Pilots' SchoolWikidata place
- Porton MeadowsWikidata place
- Idmiston Halt railway stationWikidata place
- Porton railway stationWikidata place
- Porton DownWikidata place
- GomeldonWikidata place
- PortonWikidata place
- BOUNDARY\CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\HUT CIRCLE\LINEAR SYSTEM\PIT\RUBBISH PIT\SETTLEMEAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\RUBBISH PIT\SETTLEMENT\STORAGE PITAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\PIT\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\HUT CIRCLE\RING DITCH\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- MILITARY AIRFIELD\TRENCHAerial survey feature
- ROADAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Figsbury Ring3.5 km south
- Vespasian's Camp6.3 km north-west
- Bulford Kiwi6.7 km north
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.