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LiDAR map of Newchurch and Merthyr
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Newchurch and Merthyr (Llannewydd a Merthyr), a community in Carmarthenshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 22 recorded places here: 16 Coflein records, 3 scheduled monuments, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 43 m and 192 m above sea level; its highest point is about 238 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 barrow or cairn and 1 castle.
Newchurch and Merthyr 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 Newchurch and Merthyr, 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 Newchurch and Merthyr. 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 Newchurch and Merthyr 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 22 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
- Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Area
- 25.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 22
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 43–192 m above sea level; highest 238 m
- ONS code
- W04000550
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Castell-y-Gaer, NewchurchAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Garn-Fawr Tumuli & EnclosureScheduled monument
- Burnt Mound West of Derllys CourtScheduled monument
- Garn-Fawr Castle MoundScheduled monument
Other recorded places
- St Michael's Church, NewchurchCoflein record
- Roman Road W of Carmarthen;Via Julia Roman RoadCoflein record
- Roman Road W of Carmarthen;Via Julia Roman RoadCoflein record
- Henfwlch Independent ChapelCoflein record
- Capel Farm, MerthyrCoflein record
- Capel Bach, NewchurchCoflein record
- St Martin's Church, Merthyr; St Enfael's ChurchCoflein record
- Noddfa Welsh Baptist Church, FoelcwanCoflein record
- Cana Welsh Independent Chapel, Merthyr, BancyfelinCoflein record
- Pontcowin, Garden, BancyfelinCoflein record
- Traws-Mawr or Trawsmawr, Grounds and GardensCoflein record
- Sarnau, Garden, CarmarthenCoflein record
- Ffynnon-y-SaintCoflein record
- Elvet HundredWikidata place
- LlannewyddWikidata place
- Former National School, Newchurch, near CarmarthenCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Carmarthen Castle4.0 km south-east
- Priory of St John and St Teulyddog4.3 km east
- Banc y Betws10.3 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.