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LiDAR map of Swardeston
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Swardeston, a parish in Norfolk, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 26 recorded places here: 19 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 6 listed buildings, 1 Wikidata place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 20 m and 40 m above sea level; its highest point is about 47 m.
Swardeston 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 Swardeston, 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 Swardeston. 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 Swardeston. 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 19 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Swardeston 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 (19 features in the parish) and the 26 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
- 4.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 26
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 20–40 m above sea level; highest 47 m
- ONS code
- E04006601
Listed buildings
- Church of St Mary
- Gowthorpe Manor House
- Mangreen Hall
- Swardeston War Memorial
- The Dog Public House
- Milestone No 4
Other recorded places
- SwardestonWikidata place
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\ROADAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY DITCH\FIELD BOUNDARY\ROADAerial survey feature
- DITCH\INDUSTRIAL SITE\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY DITCH\DITCHED ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARY\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARY\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
- DITCH\FIELD BOUNDARY\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ROAD\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY BANK\DITCH\FIELD BOUNDARY\PARISH BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY BANK\BOUNDARY DITCH\DITCH\ENCLOSURE\TRACKWAY\WOOD BANKAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARY\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\BOUNDARY BANK\DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSURE\FIELD BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- DITCH\DRAINAGE DITCH\PRACTICE TRENCHAerial survey feature
- CHAPEL\ENCLOSURE\MOAT\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\DITCHED ENCLOSURE\MOAT\RECTANGULAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE\RING DITCH\WINDMILL\WINDMILL MOUNDAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Bixley medieval settlement5.8 km east
- Norfolk city walls and towers6.2 km north-east
- Norwich Castle6.4 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.