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LiDAR map of West Compton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of West Compton, a parish in Dorset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 16 recorded places here: 8 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 5 scheduled monuments, 2 listed buildings, 1 Wikidata place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 155 m and 231 m above sea level; its highest point is about 251 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 long barrow or chambered tomb, 1 Roman site, 1 barrow or cairn and 1 enclosure or other earthwork.
West Compton 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 West Compton, 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 West Compton. 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 West Compton. 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 8 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See West Compton 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 (8 features in the parish) and the 16 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
- 3.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 16
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 155–231 m above sea level; highest 251 m
- ONS code
- E04003614
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor FarmScheduled monument
- Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill FarmScheduled monument
- Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill campScheduled monument
- Settlement E of Brow CopseScheduled monument
Listed buildings
Other recorded places
- West ComptonWikidata place
- FIELD BOUNDARY\LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\FIELD SYSTEMAerial survey feature
- FIELD BOUNDARY\MOUNDAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSED SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Shipton Hill Settlement5.8 km south-west
- Nine Stones6.4 km south-east
- The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of6.8 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.