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LiDAR map of Portland
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Portland, a parish in Dorset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 226 recorded places here: 123 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 67 listed buildings, 28 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 scheduled monuments, 1 wreck. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 4 m and 109 m above sea level; its highest point is about 152 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 military sites.
Portland 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 Portland, 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 Portland. 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 Portland. 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 123 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Portland 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 (123 features in the parish) and the 226 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
- 12.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 226
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 4–109 m above sea level; highest 152 m
- ONS code
- E04003630
Places with their own page
- /places/raf-portland/
- /places/verne-citadel/
- /places/culverwell-mesolithic-site/
- /places/rufus-castle/
- /places/portland-castle/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Mesolithic sites near Culver WellScheduled monument
- The Verne CitadelScheduled monument
- East Weare rifle rangeScheduled monument
- Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemeteryScheduled monument
- RAF Portland, site of Rotor early warning radar stationScheduled monument
- Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's FarmScheduled monument
- Portland open fieldsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Portland Castle
- Rufus Castle with Bridge
- Queen Anne House
- Windmill at Ngr
- Church of St George, Reforne
- Methodist Chapel
- The Citadel, South Entrance
- Easton Methodist Church with Former Manse
- Bridge in Touts Quarry at Ngr
- Grove County Primary School with Rear Boundary
- The Citadel, North Entrance
- Windmill at Ngr
- St George's Centre, Assembly Hall
- Church of St Peter
- Gatehouse and Lodges to Pennsylvania Castle
- Hm Young Offender Institution, Overseer's Hut
- M72 East Cliff Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low
- Old Higher Lighthouse
- Old Lower Lighthouse
- New Lighthouse
- Churchyard Walls and Piers to Church of St John
- Officer's Block B
- Hm Young Offender Institution, West Cell Block
- Hm Young Offender Institution, North and East
- Church of All Saints
- Hm Young Offenders Institution Gatehouse, with Vr
- Church of St George, Lych Gate
- Church of St Andrew
- New Star Inn
- Trinity House Landmark
and 37 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison The VerneWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- RAF Portland460 m north-east
- Verne Citadel580 m north
- Portland Castle1.6 km north-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.