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LiDAR map of Risca West
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Risca West (Gorllewin Rhisga), a community in Caerphilly, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 38 recorded places here: 18 Coflein records, 15 listed buildings, 4 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 44 m and 307 m above sea level; its highest point is about 418 m.
Risca West 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Risca West, 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 Risca West. 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
See Risca West 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 and the 38 recorded places in the community, 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
- Caerphilly, Wales
- Area
- 5.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 38
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 44–307 m above sea level; highest 418 m
- ONS code
- W04000914
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- TwmbarlwmAtlas of Hillforts entry
Listed buildings
- Moriah Baptist Church
- Church of St Mary Risca
- Church of St Mary and St Mercurius
- Former Risca Collieries Workmen's Institute
- Entrance to Tredegar Grounds
- Former Risca Palace Cinema
- St Mary Street War Memorial
- Commercial Street War Memorial
- Railings and gates at St Mary Street War Memorial
- Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
- Bethany English Baptist Church
- Jubilee Statue in Tredegar Grounds
- Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
- Pont Y Mister
- Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Other recorded places
- Twmbarlwm, CairnCoflein record
- Twmbarlwm, Pillow MoundCoflein record
- Cemetery Chapel, Cromwell Road, RiscaCoflein record
- Lyne Road Methodist ChapelCoflein record
- Ty Isaf Mission, PontymisterCoflein record
- Moriah Sunday School, Ochr-ChwithCoflein record
- Ebenezer Methodist ChapelCoflein record
- Zoar ChapelCoflein record
- Fernlea Pentecostal Church, Fernlea, RiscaCoflein record
- Ss Anthony and Clare's Catholic Church, Park RoadCoflein record
- Tynycwm Halt railway stationWikidata place
- Risca and Pontymister railway stationWikidata place
- Dan-y-Graig BrickworksCoflein record
- CwmynantCoflein record
- Risca Long Bridge, Tramroad Viaduct, RiscaCoflein record
- Crumlin TramroadCoflein record
- Risca Railway Viaduct, RiscaCoflein record
- PontymisterWikidata place
- Open-Air Swimming Baths, RiscaCoflein record
- Risca Male Choir Headquarters; Risca UrbanCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Twmbarlwm600 m north
- Castell Machen3.6 km south-west
- Fourteen Locks5.4 km south-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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.