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LiDAR map of Park
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Park (Parc), a community in Merthyr Tydfil, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 43 recorded places here: 26 Coflein records, 11 listed buildings, 3 scheduled monuments, 2 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 178 m and 250 m above sea level; its highest point is about 275 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 industrial sites and 1 bridge.
Park 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Park, 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 Park. 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
See Park 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 and the 43 recorded places in the community, 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
- Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- Area
- 2.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 43
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 178–250 m above sea level; highest 275 m
- ONS code
- W04000719
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Remains of Blast Furnaces, Cyfarthfa IronworksScheduled monument
- Iron Canal Bridge from RhydycarScheduled monument
- Tai Mawr Leat for Cyfarthfa Iron WorksScheduled monument
- Penydarren Roman fortAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Pont-y-Cafnau
- School at Cyfarthfa Castle
- Cyfarthfa Castle
- Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial
- Catholic Church of St Mary
- Clock Tower at Pandy Farm
- Guard Rail & Steps at Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial
- District Education Office of Mid-Glamorgan County
- Railings at Driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle
- Park Wall Flanking Railings at Driveway entrance
- Limekilns
Other recorded places
- Lock No.1, Glamorganshire Canal, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Ainon, Ward 1, Merthyr Tudful; Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Tydfil's WellCoflein record
- Merthyr Brewery, Brecon Road, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Old Brewery, Iron Lane, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Penydarren IronworksCoflein record
- Penydarren Roman Military SettlementCoflein record
- Penydarren Park, Merthyr TydfilCoflein record
- Bethesda Independent ChapelWikidata place
- Cwm-Glo - Cyfarthfa Tramroad, TunnelCoflein record
- Forman Place Chapel, Forman Place, Pont MorlaisCoflein record
- Penydarren Road Chapel, Penydarren Road, PontCoflein record
- Brecon Road WellCoflein record
- Park Baptist Chapel;Morlais, The Walk, Ward 1Coflein record
- Bethlehem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel;CapelCoflein record
- Cyfarthfa Finger TipCoflein record
- Cyfarthfa Canal Wall and LockCoflein record
- Glamorganshire Canal Basin and Boats, MerthyrCoflein record
- B.&.M.&.L.&.N.W. Joint Rly., BridgeCoflein record
- Swansea Road Bridge, B.&.M.&.L.&.N.W. Joint Rly.Coflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Pont-y-Cafnau640 m west
- Morlais Castle2.6 km north
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown5.8 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.