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LiDAR map of Lowther
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Lowther, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 29 recorded places here: 19 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 scheduled monuments, 1 registered park or garden. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 165 m and 271 m above sea level; its highest point is about 341 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 long barrow or chambered tomb, 1 Roman site and 1 medieval settlement.
Lowther 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 Lowther, 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 Lowther. 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 Lowther. 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 Lowther 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 29 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
- 14.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 29
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 165–271 m above sea level; highest 341 m
- ONS code
- E04002551
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Long barrow on Trainford BrowScheduled monument
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside WoodScheduled monument
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe HallScheduled monument
- Lowther CastleRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Lowther Castle
- Hackthorpe Hall
- Lodge
- Church of St Michael
- Outer Terrace Wall
- Inner Terrace Wall, Ramps and Steps
- Stable Block
- Lowther Cottage
- Askham Bridge
- Hearse House
- Lowther Castle Inn and Former Stables
- Askham Bridge
- Low Gardens Bridge
- Cross
- Milestone
and 4 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Lowther Castle SteadWikidata place
- Lowther CastleWikidata place
- LowtherWikidata place
- HackthorpeWikidata place
- LeathWikidata place
- WhaleWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Clifton Hall4.0 km north
- King Arthur's Round Table5.5 km north
- Mayburgh Henge5.7 km north-west
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.