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LiDAR map of Sparkwell
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Sparkwell, a parish in Devon, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 132 recorded places here: 112 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 54 m and 182 m above sea level; its highest point is about 242 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns, 1 settlement and 1 industrial site.
Sparkwell 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 Sparkwell, 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 Sparkwell. 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 Sparkwell. 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 112 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Sparkwell 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 (112 features in the parish) and the 132 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
- 28.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 132
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 54–182 m above sea level; highest 242 m
- ONS code
- E04003176
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Boringdon CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland BridgeScheduled monument
- Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland CornerScheduled monument
- Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands FarmScheduled monument
- Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham ParkScheduled monument
- Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon ParkScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Newnham Park
- Old Newnham
- Great Stert Farm House
- Church of All Saints
- Miners Arms' Public House
- Lyneham Inn
- Sparkwell Bridge
- Moor Bridge
Other recorded places
- Hermerdon Ball mineWikidata place
- Hemerdon MineWikidata place
- Dartmoor Zoological ParkWikidata place
- Langage Power StationWikidata place
- Hemerdon HouseWikidata place
- SparkwellWikidata place
- CHIMNEYAerial survey feature
- BARROW\NATURAL FEATUREAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE\WATER MEADOWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PIT\SPOIL HEAPAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
- MINE SHAFT\PROSPECTING PITAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Boringdon Camp2.4 km north-west
- Plympton Castle2.9 km south-west
- Plympton Priory3.1 km south-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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.