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LiDAR map of Brendon and Countisbury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Brendon and Countisbury, a parish in Devon, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 116 recorded places here: 86 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 12 scheduled monuments, 11 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 209 m and 398 m above sea level; its highest point is about 430 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 6 barrows or cairns, 1 bridge, 1 henge or standing stone and 1 settlement.
Brendon and Countisbury 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 Brendon and Countisbury, 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 Brendon and Countisbury. 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 Brendon and Countisbury. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 86 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Brendon and Countisbury 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 (86 features in the parish) and the 116 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
- Devon, England
- Area
- 38.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 116
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 209–398 m above sea level; highest 430 m
- ONS code
- E04012261
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Malmsmead BridgeScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Farley HillScheduled monument
- Linear barrow and cairn cemetery on Cosgate Hill, circa 240m north-west of County Gate Visitor CentreScheduled monument
- Stone circle on Badgworthy LeesScheduled monument
- Round barrows and two standing stones near Withycombe Ridge WaterScheduled monument
- Hut circle on Cheriton RidgeScheduled monument
- Two round barrows on Cheriton RidgeScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 230m north east of School HouseScheduled monument
- Round barrow on south side of Brendon CommonScheduled monument
- Old BurrowScheduled monument
- St Brendan's Church (site of), CheritonScheduled monument
- Deserted medieval village 630m north-west of Clannacombe PlantationScheduled monument
- Old BurrowAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of Saint John
- Foreland Point Lighthouse
- The Exmoor Sandpiper Inn
- Packhorse Bridge
- Church of St Brendan
- Sisters Fountain
- Pair of Lime Kilns
- Leeford Bridge
- Ruined Outbuilding
- Sundial
- Bridge
Other recorded places
- East Lyn ValleyWikidata place
- Foreland PointWikidata place
- Hoar Oak WaterWikidata place
- Brendon and CountisburyWikidata place
- Watersmeet HouseWikidata place
- MalmsmeadWikidata place
- FORTLET\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- LEATAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORMAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMPAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORM\FARMSTEAD\FIELD BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- CLEARANCE CAIRNAerial survey feature
- SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- DESERTED SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- DESERTED SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- CAIRNAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\MILITARY BUILDING\MILITARY TRAINING SITEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Malmsmead Bridge2.8 km east
- Roborough Castle3.6 km west
- Culbone Stone6.6 km 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: 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.