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LiDAR map of Osmington
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Osmington, a parish in Dorset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 45 recorded places here: 20 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 9 listed buildings, 8 scheduled monuments, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 wrecks. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 31 m and 116 m above sea level; its highest point is about 152 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 4 barrows or cairns, 1 military site and 1 medieval settlement.
Osmington 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 Osmington, 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 Osmington. 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 Osmington. 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 20 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Osmington 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 (20 features in the parish) and the 45 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
- Dorset, England
- Area
- 9.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 45
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 31–116 m above sea level; highest 152 m
- ONS code
- E04003576
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls FarmScheduled monument
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White HorseScheduled monument
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm DairyScheduled monument
- Three barrows S of Poxwell Big WoodScheduled monument
- Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacementsScheduled monument
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figureScheduled monument
- Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit HouseScheduled monument
- Medieval settlement at West RingsteadScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Osmund
- Charity Farmhouse
- Glebe Cottage
- Memorial Bus Shelter
- Former RAF Ringstead Chain Home radar station
- Godsall Monument One Metre
- Remains of Manor House
- The Phoenix
- Unidentified Head Stone
Other recorded places
- Black HeadWikidata place
- Bran PointWikidata place
- Redcliff PointWikidata place
- West RingsteadWikidata place
- Osmington MillsWikidata place
- RingsteadWikidata place
- HILL FIGUREAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSED FIELD SYSTEMAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22 )Aerial survey feature
- BEACH SCAFFOLDINGAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- West Ringstead1.8 km south-east
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill3.7 km west
- Earl of Abergavenny5.3 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.
- Wrecks: UK Hydrographic Office via EMODnet Human Activities, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.