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LiDAR map of Brighstone
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Brighstone, a parish in Isle of Wight, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 92 recorded places here: 35 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 23 listed buildings, 21 scheduled monuments, 12 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 24 m and 156 m above sea level; its highest point is about 213 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 18 barrows or cairns, 1 long barrow or chambered tomb, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 Roman site.
Brighstone 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 Brighstone, 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 Brighstone. 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 Brighstone. 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 35 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Brighstone 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 (35 features in the parish) and the 92 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
- Isle of Wight, England
- Area
- 19.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 92
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 24–156 m above sea level; highest 213 m
- ONS code
- E04001297
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Castle Hill, BrighstoneAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone DownScheduled monument
- The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone CottageScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 710m north west of Longstone CottageScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1.1km south west of RowridgeScheduled monument
- Enclosure in Brighstone ForestScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.6km ESE of Gottenleaze CottagesScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.57km ESE of Gottenleaze CottagesScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone CottageScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone DownScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 460m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe FarmScheduled monument
- Round barrow cemetery within Brighstone Forest on Brighstone Down: 700m east of Calbourne BottomScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows on Brighstone Down within the area of Brighstone Forest: 1.1km NNE of Coombe FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 1.3km north east of Coombe FarmScheduled monument
- Round barrow cemetery on Brook Down known as 'Five Barrows'Scheduled monument
- Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone FarmhouseScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 250m south-west of Calbourne BottomScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.65km ESE of Gottenleaze CottagesScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 830m north west of Longstone CottageScheduled monument
- Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor CottageScheduled monument
- Rock Roman villaScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Mottistone Manor the Dower House
- Church of St Mary
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Lychgate to St Peter and St Paul's Church
- Brighstone War Memorial
- Thorncross
- Hulverstone Manor
- Barn
- Monument to Elenor Bull
- Lychgate to Parish Church of St Mary
- Village Shop
- Sun Inn
- Milestone in Wall of Corner Tea Room
- Church of St Mary
- Monument to Elizabeth Holliers
- Monument to Frances Salter
- Brewhouse at Waytes Court
- The Mill House
- Brewhouse at Coombe Farm
- Monument to Frances Jolliffe
- Brighstone Mill
- Monument
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Brighstone Grange Lifeboat StationWikidata place
- Brook Lifeboat StationWikidata place
- Brighstone DownWikidata place
- Buddle BrookWikidata place
- Chilton ChineWikidata place
- Brook Hill HouseWikidata place
- LimerstoneWikidata place
- BrighstoneWikidata place
- BrookgreenWikidata place
- BrookWikidata place
- MoortownWikidata place
- The Dinosaur Farm MuseumWikidata place
- HOLLOWAerial survey feature
- BARROW CEMETERYAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- GEOLOGICAL MARKS\LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- GEOLOGICAL MARKS\LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- BARROWAerial survey feature
- FIELD BOUNDARY\LYNCHETAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- The Longstone1.8 km north-west
- Bouldnor Battery8.3 km north-west
- Golden Hill Fort9.4 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.