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LiDAR map of Castle Cary
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Castle Cary, a parish in Somerset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 28 recorded places here: 27 listed buildings, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 36 m and 108 m above sea level; its highest point is about 154 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 motte or ringwork.
Castle Cary 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 Castle Cary, 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 Castle Cary. 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 Castle Cary. 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 Castle Cary 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
- Somerset, England
- Area
- 8.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 28
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 36–108 m above sea level; highest 154 m
- ONS code
- E04008673
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park PondScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of All Saints
- The Market House
- Castle Cary War Memorial
- Castle Cary Primary School
- Cosenes Monument in Churchyard
- Higher Flax Mills
- The Pines
- Grant Monument in Churchyard
- Wesleyan Methodist Church
- Former Congregational Chapel
- Mill Building to Ansford Factory
- Goldly Monument in Churchyard
- Bartlet Monument in Churchyard
- The Old Fire Engine House
- Burge Monument in Churchyard
- Cary Style Cherswood Swan Jewellers
- National Westminster Bank
- Highfield House
- Triangle House, Triangle Stores and Mead
- Offices to Ansford Factory
- Elizabeth Crossley Fox and Sons
- The Countryman Inn and Alma Cottages
- Francis Monument in Churchyard
- Bonds Chemist Limited
- St John's Priory
- Entrance Gateway
- Countryhide
Nearest places with their own page
- Cary Castle1.6 km north-east
- Cadbury Castle6.0 km south
- Bow Bridge6.6 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.