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LiDAR map of Brettenham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Brettenham, a parish in Norfolk, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 31 recorded places here: 18 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 7 listed buildings, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 registered park or garden. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 15 m and 42 m above sea level; its highest point is about 49 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns.
Brettenham 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 Brettenham, 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 Brettenham. 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 Brettenham. 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 18 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Brettenham 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 (18 features in the parish) and the 31 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
- Norfolk, England
- Area
- 26.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 31
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 15–42 m above sea level; highest 49 m
- ONS code
- E04006096
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- 'Seven Hills' (tumuli), RushfordScheduled monument
- Tutt Hill barrow, near ThetfordScheduled monument
- Shadwell ParkRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Shadwell Court
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Church of St Andrew
- Clock Tower
- East Lodge to Shadwell Court
- The College
- Brewery
Other recorded places
- Thetford Bridge railway stationWikidata place
- BrettenhamWikidata place
- RushfordWikidata place
- DITCH\GRUBENHAUS\PITAerial survey feature
- BOMB CRATER\BOMBING DECOY\BOMBING RANGE\BOMBING RANGE MARKER\HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFTAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE\RIDGE AND FURROWAerial survey feature
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT\WEAPONS PITAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORM\FIELD BOUNDARY\FIELD SYSTEM\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE\SETTLEMENT\SAerial survey feature
- ROAD\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY BANK\BUILDING PLATFORM\DITCH\DRAINAGE DITCH\FIELD BOUNAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\DITCH\ROADAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY BANK\DITCH\FIELD BOUNDARY\ROAD\STRIP LYNCHET\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- MILITARY BUILDING\MILITARY CAMP\WEAPONS PITAerial survey feature
- PIPELINE\ROADAerial survey feature
- HOLLOW WAY\ROAD\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- EXTRACTIVE PIT\WEAPONS PITAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\CEMETERY\DITCH\FIELD BOUNDARY\GREAT HOUSE\PIT\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE\RINAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Holy Sepulchre Priory, Thetford6.1 km west
- Thetford Priory6.1 km west
- Upthorpe Mill11.0 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.