LiDAR map of Askham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Askham, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 38 recorded places here: 23 scheduled monuments, 13 listed buildings, 2 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 188 m and 476 m above sea level; its highest point is about 670 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 17 barrows or cairns, 2 bridges, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 moated site.
Askham 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 Askham, 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 Askham. 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 Askham. 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 Askham 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 38 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
- Cumbria, England
- Area
- 18.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 38
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 188–476 m above sea level; highest 670 m
- ONS code
- E04002514
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow RaiseScheduled monument
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stonesScheduled monument
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop StoneScheduled monument
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop StoneScheduled monument
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop StoneScheduled monument
- Linear stone bank on Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham FellScheduled monument
- White Raise round cairn, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Askham Fell stone alignmentScheduled monument
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham FellScheduled monument
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark WoodScheduled monument
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field systemScheduled monument
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circleScheduled monument
- Ring cairn east of Threepow RaiseScheduled monument
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of WidewathScheduled monument
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of WidewathScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Askham Hall
- Church of St Peter
- Helton Methodist Chapel
- Bowman Monument
- The Queens Head Inn
- Mounsey Monument
- Chest Tomb
- Former Smithy
- Chest Tomb
- North Barn
- Limekiln
- Limekiln
- Limekiln
Other recorded places
- Boredale HauseWikidata place
- AskhamWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Clifton Hall6.0 km north-east
- Mayburgh Henge6.7 km north
- King Arthur's Round Table6.8 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.