LiDAR map of Manaton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Manaton, a parish in Devon, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 54 recorded places here: 18 listed buildings, 17 scheduled monuments, 10 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 237 m and 413 m above sea level; its highest point is about 532 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 8 barrows or cairns, 2 settlements, 2 medieval settlements and 1 field system.
Manaton 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 Manaton, 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 Manaton. 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 Manaton. 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 10 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Manaton 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 (10 features in the parish) and the 54 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
- 26.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 54
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 237–413 m above sea level; highest 532 m
- ONS code
- E04003222
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Cairn on Hameldown TorScheduled monument
- Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown TorScheduled monument
- Huts and fields on Hayne DownScheduled monument
- Earthwork in Houndtor WoodScheduled monument
- Hut circles on Heatree DownScheduled monument
- Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell DownScheduled monument
- Stone row N of Yarner WellsScheduled monument
- Hamel Down CrossScheduled monument
- Five round barrows on Black HillScheduled monument
- Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East LodgeScheduled monument
- A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons DownScheduled monument
- Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of SoussonsScheduled monument
- Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of SoussonsScheduled monument
- Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe DownScheduled monument
- Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel DownScheduled monument
- Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound TorScheduled monument
- Deserted medieval settlement at ChallacombeScheduled monument
- GrimspoundAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Easdon Farmhouse
- Church of St Winifred
- Neadon Upper Hall
- Great Houndtor Farmhouse
- Horsham
- Outbuilding
- Nosworthy Headstone
- Lych Gate and Flanking Walls
- Chest Tomb
- Ledger Stone Immediately
- Church House School
- Churchyard Cross
- Manaton War Memorial
- Beckaford Bridge
- Gateway Arch at Entrance to Drive
- Foxworthy Bridge
- Swallerton Gate
- Clapper Bridge
Other recorded places
- HundatorraWikidata place
- Jay's GraveWikidata place
- Becky FallsWikidata place
- Easdon TorWikidata place
- Greator RocksWikidata place
- Bowerman's NoseWikidata place
- Hound TorWikidata place
- ManatonWikidata place
- HUT CIRCLE\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLE\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- LEATAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLE\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PIT\TIN WORKSAerial survey feature
- CAIRN\KERB CAIRNAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\TOR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- FIELD SYSTEM\REAVEAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLE\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLE\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Haytor Granite Tramway1.9 km south
- Grimspound5.0 km west
- Holne Chase Castle8.2 km south
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.