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LiDAR map of Parracombe
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Parracombe, a parish in Devon, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 61 recorded places here: 40 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 10 listed buildings, 7 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 180 m and 361 m above sea level; its highest point is about 478 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 barrows or cairns, 2 castles and 2 henges and standing stones.
Parracombe 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 Parracombe, 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 Parracombe. 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 Parracombe. 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 40 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Parracombe 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 (40 features in the parish) and the 61 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
- 18.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 61
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 180–361 m above sea level; highest 478 m
- ONS code
- E04003111
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Voley CastleScheduled monument
- West Middleton standing stonesScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Rowley DownScheduled monument
- Holwell Barrow round barrowScheduled monument
- Round barrow 300yds (273m) S of Woolhanger CampScheduled monument
- Henge monument on Parracombe CommonScheduled monument
- Holwell CastleScheduled monument
- Voley CastleAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of St Petrocks
- Whitefield Headstone
- Roach Chest Tomb
- Christ Church
- Pyke Chest Tomb with Grate
- Tamlyn Headstone
- Group of 7 Chest Tombs and 2 Headstones
- Group of 4 Chest Tombs
- Parracombe Mill
- Smyth Headstone
Other recorded places
- River HeddonWikidata place
- ParracombeWikidata place
- BodleyWikidata place
- MOTTE AND BAILEYAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT\HILLFORTAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND CAIRNAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- DISC BARROW\ENCLOSURE\HENGE\SAUCER BARROWAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\FIELD SYSTEM\LYNCHET\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- LEAT\WATER CHANNEL\WATER MEADOWAerial survey feature
- STONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- STONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- HUT CIRCLEAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROW\MOUNDAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Voley Castle1.3 km north-west
- Roborough Castle6.4 km east
- Smythapark hillfort7.7 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.