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LiDAR map of Whitton and Tosson
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Whitton and Tosson, a parish in Northumberland, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 21 recorded places here: 12 scheduled monuments, 6 listed buildings, 2 Atlas of Hillforts entries, 1 Wikidata place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 90 m and 348 m above sea level; its highest point is about 428 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 6 barrows or cairns, 1 castle, 1 henge or standing stone and 1 Roman site.
Whitton and Tosson 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 Whitton and Tosson, 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 Whitton and Tosson. 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 Whitton and Tosson. 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 Whitton and Tosson 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 21 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
- Northumberland, England
- Area
- 18.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 21
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 90–348 m above sea level; highest 428 m
- ONS code
- E04013133
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Tosson BurghAtlas of Hillforts entry
- WolfershielAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Cupmarked stone, 690m south-west of Wagtail FarmScheduled monument
- Great Tosson tower houseScheduled monument
- Cairn 320m WNW of Old Stell CragScheduled monument
- Standing stone, 810m north-east of Whittondean FarmScheduled monument
- Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean FarmScheduled monument
- Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell CragScheduled monument
- Cairn 1km west-north-west of Old Stell CragScheduled monument
- Two round cairns 590m and 610m east of Burn BraeScheduled monument
- Cairn 570m east-north-east of Wittondean FarmScheduled monument
- Romano-British farmstead, 175m south of Cockpit WellScheduled monument
- Cairn 670m south of Great TossonScheduled monument
- Medieval monastic sheep farm (bercaria), 550m north-east of Whittondean FarmScheduled monument
Listed buildings
Other recorded places
- Simonside HillsWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Brinkburn Priory8.5 km east
- Biddlestone RC Chapel11.2 km north-west
- Elsdon Castle11.8 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: 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.