LiDAR map of Mere
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Mere, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 56 recorded places here: 36 listed buildings, 16 scheduled monuments, 4 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 95 m and 216 m above sea level; its highest point is about 245 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 12 barrows or cairns, 1 castle, 1 cross and 1 hillfort.
Mere 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 Mere, 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 Mere. 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 Mere. 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 Mere 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 56 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
- 24.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 56
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 95–216 m above sea level; highest 245 m
- ONS code
- E04011774
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Mere CastleScheduled monument
- Pond Bottom round barrowScheduled monument
- Two round barrows in Chaddenwick FurzeScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 600m south west of the northernmost of The DrusesScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 760m north west of The Down HouseScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 1.1km ESE of White Sheet CastleScheduled monument
- Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere CastleScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 240m north of Mere Down FarmScheduled monument
- Enclosure and bowl barrow on Charnage Down, north west of Chaddenwick HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 1050m north east of Wood FarmScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows and a pond barrow, 720m and 760m NE of Wood FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 940m north east of Wood FarmScheduled monument
- Two cross dykes 580m and 610m north east of Wood FarmScheduled monument
- Cross dyke on Mere Down, east of White Sheet Hill hillfortScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton FarmScheduled monument
- Medieval field systemScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St Michael the Archangel
- Woodlands Manor
- Old Ship Hotel
- The Chantry
- Dewes House
- School the Grove Building
- Memorial Cross to Julia Elizabeth Chafyn Grove
- Edward Dolling Monument
- Talbot Hotel
- Jean's Tv and Electrical Shop and House
- Church of St Matthew
- Methodist Church
- John Phillips Monument
- Unidentified Monument
- Clock Tower
- Lordsmead Mill
- The Butt of Sherry
- Sheepwash on Ashfield Water, with Railings
- Churchyard Cross
- Three Unidentified Monuments
- Library and Museum
- The Fruit Shop
- Timothy J Thick and Vogue
- Spa Shop and Waltons of Mere
- Unidentified Monument
- Unidentified Monument
- Mere War Memorial
- Bridge Over Former Moat
- Milestone at NGR
- Milestone at NGR
and 6 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Castle HillWikidata place
- Charnage Down Chalk PitWikidata place
- Dead Maid QuarryWikidata place
- Barrow StreetWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Bristol High Cross5.3 km west
- Ballands Castle7.5 km west
- Kenwalch's Castle7.9 km west
Neighbouring parishes
- Sedgehill and Semley
- Motcombe
- Gillingham
- Zeals
- West Knoyle
- Stourton with Gasper
- Kilmington
- East Knoyle
- Kingston Deverill
- Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield
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.