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LiDAR map of Bishop's Castle
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Bishop's Castle, a parish in Shropshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 28 recorded places here: 24 listed buildings, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 173 m and 294 m above sea level; its highest point is about 379 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 motte or ringwork.
Bishop's Castle 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 Bishop's Castle, 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 Bishop's Castle. 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 Bishop's Castle. 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 Bishop's Castle 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 28 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
- Shropshire, England
- Area
- 7.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 28
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 173–294 m above sea level; highest 379 m
- ONS code
- E04011223
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Motte and bailey castle and bishops' palaceScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- The Town Hall
- Church of St John the Baptist
- The House on Crutches and No. 41
- Blunden Hall and Old Hall Cottage
- The Porch House
- Three Tuns Inn
- Nos 53-57 and Rudge House
- Coach House Wing Linking Brewery to Rear Wing
- Grave of Unknown African 'I.D', north
- Wollaston tomb
- The Six Bells and Former Stables to Rear
- Malt House Harp Yard
- Group of 3 Pedestal Tombs to Hughes and Home
- Medlicott Memorial
- Thomas Memorial
- Former Malthouse
- The Boar's Head Inn
- Toldervey Tomb
- Drew Memorial and Railed Enclosure
- Group of 3 Chest Tombs
- Kings Head Inn and Outbuildings to Rear
- Brewery
- Milestone
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Bishop's Castle Community CollegeWikidata place
- Bishop's Castle railway stationWikidata place
- CabinWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Bury Ditches5.0 km south
- Bicton Castle6.8 km south-west
- Roundton Hill6.8 km north-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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.