LiDAR map of Mersham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Mersham, a parish in Kent, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 23 recorded places here: 18 listed buildings, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 registered park or garden, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 42 m and 68 m above sea level; its highest point is about 79 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 moated site.
Mersham 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 Mersham, 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 Mersham. 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 Mersham. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Mersham 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 and the 23 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
- Kent, England
- Area
- 10.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 23
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 42–68 m above sea level; highest 79 m
- ONS code
- E04013234
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Medieval moated site, Quarrington ManorScheduled monument
- Hatch ParkRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Mersham Manor
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Mersham Le Hatch
- Mill House Swanton Mill
- Stonegreen Hall
- Bower Farmhouse
- Stonelees
- Newhouse
- Tomb Chest to Elizabeth Mantel
- Hannover Mill, Outbuildings and Mill
- The Farriers Arms
- The Royal Oak and House/office Attached
- Chest Tomb to Jane Morris
- Headstone to George Blechynden
- Two Rows of 3 and 5 Headstones
- Oasthouse
- Sundial
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Hatch ParkWikidata place
- Cheeseman's GreenWikidata place
- MershamWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Bilsington Priory3.8 km south
- Westenhanger Castle8.0 km east
- Shrub's Wood oval barrow8.5 km north-east
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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.