LiDAR map of Cardiff
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Cardiff at one metre per pixel, with the 1,009 recorded historic places the heritage records hold here, the Roman roads and the Ordnance Survey six-inch maps of 1843–1913 over the same ground. Free, in a browser.
Places on the LiDAR in Cardiff
Each page shows the site on the LiDAR with its record, its location and the recorded places around it.
- Bishop's PalaceCastle
- Caer CastellMotte and bailey
- Caerau HillfortHillfort
- Cardiff CastleCastle
- Castell CochCastle
- Llwynda'-dduHillfort
- Melingriffith Water PumpScheduled monument
- Morganstown Castle MoundMotte and bailey
- Old Leckwith BridgeBridge
- Twmpath MotteMotte and bailey
- Wenallt CampHillfort
LiDAR maps of the communities of Cardiff
One page for each of the 36 communities, with a LiDAR picture and the recorded places inside it.
- Adamsdown32 recorded places
- Butetown137 recorded places
- Caerau21 recorded places
- Canton42 recorded places
- Castle89 recorded places
- Cathays39 recorded places
- Cyncoed12 recorded places
- Ely14 recorded places
- Fairwater18 recorded places
- Gabalfa22 recorded places
- Grangetown73 recorded places
- Heath17 recorded places
- Lisvane16 recorded places
- Llandaff26 recorded places
- Llandaff North17 recorded places
- Llanedeyrn3 recorded places
- Llanishen18 recorded places
- Llanrumney9 recorded places
- Old St. Mellons12 recorded places
- Pentwyn3 recorded places
- Pentyrch45 recorded places
- Penylan24 recorded places
- Pontcanna36 recorded places
- Pontprennau7 recorded places
- Radyr and Morganstown24 recorded places
- Rhiwbina22 recorded places
- Riverside16 recorded places
- Roath29 recorded places
- Rumney13 recorded places
- Splott29 recorded places
- St. Fagans54 recorded places
- Thornhill3 recorded places
- Tongwynlais10 recorded places
- Tremorfa13 recorded places
- Trowbridge17 recorded places
- Whitchurch39 recorded places
About the LiDAR
The terrain model is made from an airborne laser survey with vegetation and buildings removed, so earthworks show as height: hillfort ramparts, barrows, Roman road banks, hollow ways and ridge and furrow. In the app the picture is computed as you change the settings, with a moveable sun, a local relief model, multidirectional hillshading and the VAT composite. See how to read a LiDAR map and what archaeology looks like on LiDAR.
Sources
- LiDAR: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
Last updated 2026-10-16.